Elizabeth Hand

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-28

Elizabeth Hand (born 1957) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, horror and crime fiction, and a longtime critic. Born in San Diego, she grew up in Yonkers and Pound Ridge, New York, and studied drama and anthropology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., the model for the university at the heart of Waking the Moon. Since 1988 she has lived on the coast of Maine, the setting of many of her stories, dividing her time with London. Her first story appeared in 1988 and her first novel, Winterlong, in 1990; with Paul Witcover she created the DC Comics series Anima. Waking the Moon (1994) won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and the Mythopoeic Award, and her later work includes the novella Last Summer at Mars Hill (Nebula and World Fantasy awards), Glimmering, Mortal Love, Generation Loss and its Cass Neary sequels, Wylding Hall and the story collection Saffron and Brimstone. She has reviewed for The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

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Books

• Waking the Moon (1994) · Waking the Moon Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 3 (2 won, 1 nomination)

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