Janrae Frank
Encyclopedia
Janrae Frank is an American journalist, writer and editor known primarily for her work in science fiction
and fantasy
. She writes extensively on the subject of women and feminism in speculative fiction.
Her first published short story, Wolves of Nakesht, appeared in the 1980 World Fantasy Award
-winning anthology Amazons!
(edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
). This story introduced her most famous character, Chimquar the Lionhawk, and featured what are arguably her central themes: gender ambiguity and women of martial puissance. Other contributions in this field include Women Warriors and Earth Mothers and New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow, an anthology of stories which traced the contributions and history of women in science fiction from the 1920s on, decade by decade. This anthology has been used in many women's study courses on science fiction.
Her film journalism has been published in the cult magazine Cinefantastique
as well as Movieline.
Lately, she is better known for dark fantasy
series such as the Dark Brothers of the Light and the Journey of the Sacred King quartet.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
. She writes extensively on the subject of women and feminism in speculative fiction.
Her first published short story, Wolves of Nakesht, appeared in the 1980 World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
-winning anthology Amazons!
Amazons!
Amazons! is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, with a cover and frontispiece by Michael Whelan. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in December 1979, and was the first significant fantasy anthology of works featuring female protagonists by female...
(edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, born January 6, 1950, is an author, editor and writer of fantasy and horror fiction.-Author:Salmonson is the author of the Tomoe Gozen trilogy, a fantasy version of the tale of the historical female samurai Tomoe Gozen...
). This story introduced her most famous character, Chimquar the Lionhawk, and featured what are arguably her central themes: gender ambiguity and women of martial puissance. Other contributions in this field include Women Warriors and Earth Mothers and New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow, an anthology of stories which traced the contributions and history of women in science fiction from the 1920s on, decade by decade. This anthology has been used in many women's study courses on science fiction.
Her film journalism has been published in the cult magazine Cinefantastique
Cinefantastique
Cinefantastique was a horror, fantasy, and science fiction film magazine originally started as a mimeographed fanzine in 1967, then relaunched as a glossy, offset quarterly in 1970 by publisher/editor Frederick S. Clarke...
as well as Movieline.
Lately, she is better known for dark fantasy
Dark fantasy
Dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element.-Overview:A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L...
series such as the Dark Brothers of the Light and the Journey of the Sacred King quartet.
Chimquar the Lionhawk
- Wolves of Nakesht, published in Amazons! (DAW, 1979)
- In the Darkness, Hunting (paperback) (Wildside Press, 2004)
- In the Darkness, Hunting: Tales of Chimquar the Lionhawk (Renaissance Ebooks, 2005)
Dark Brothers of the Light series
- Blood Rites (Renaissance Ebooks, 2005)
- Blood Heresy (Renaissance Ebooks, 2005)
- Blood Dawn (Renaissance Ebooks, 2005)
- Blood Wraiths (Renaissance Ebooks, 2005)
- Blood Paladin (Renaissance Ebooks, 2005)
- Blood Arcane (Renaissance Ebooks, 2006)
- Blood Harvest (Renaissance Ebooks, 2006)
- Blood Hope (Renaissance Ebooks, 2008)
- Blood Lies (forthcoming)
- Blood Journey (forthcoming)
Journey of the Sacred King series
- My Sister's Keeper (Renaissance Ebooks, 2005)
- Sins of the Mother (Renaissance Ebooks, 2005)
- My Father's House (Renaissance Ebooks, 2006)
- Children of Wrath (Renaissance Ebooks, 2006)
Short Fiction
- Visiting the Neighbors (I, Vampire: Interviews with the Undead, 1994)
- The Tale That Launched a Thousand Ships (Greatest Uncommon Denominator MagazineGUD MagazineGreatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine is an award-winning American literary magazine, the first publication from Greatest Uncommon Denominator Publishing, founded in Laconia, New Hampshire in July 2006....
, 2007)
Essays
- Sex, Swords, and Superstition: A Close Look at Phyllis Ann KarrPhyllis Ann KarrPhyllis Ann Karr, born July 25, 1944, is an American author of fantasy, romances, mysteries, and non-fiction. She is best known for her "Frostflower & Thorn" series and Matter of Britain works.-Life and family:...
's Thorn and Frostflower (Thrust, 1985) - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to This Review (Thrust, 1986)
- Dead in Suburbia, or Whatever Happened to Feminism in SF? (Thrust, 1987)
Editor
- (with Jean Marie Stine and Forrest J AckermanForrest J AckermanForrest J Ackerman was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan...
) New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (Longmeadow Press, 1994)
External links
- Godwar Central - official website