Lynn Flewelling

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-10-07

Lynn Flewelling is an American author of epic fantasy fiction, born Lynn Elizabeth Beaulieu on October 20, 1958, in Presque Isle, Maine, where she grew up. Before her writing career, she worked as a teacher, house painter, necropsy technician, freelance editor, and journalist; she now teaches creative writing workshops and lectures at the University of Redlands in California, where she resides. She is best known for the Nightrunner series, seven novels beginning with Luck in the Shadows (1996) and continuing through Shards of Time (2014), following a spy and thief duo through a richly developed secondary world, and for the Tamir Triad, three novels beginning with The Bone Doll's Twin (2001). Luck in the Shadows was a Locus Editor's Pick and a Compton Crook Award finalist, while Traitor's Moon and Hidden Warrior were both finalists for the Spectrum Award, which recognizes science fiction and fantasy exploring gender and sexuality. Her novels, praised by authors including George R. R. Martin and Orson Scott Card, have been published in thirteen countries, including a Japanese translation released in 2005. Flewelling has been married to Douglas Flewelling since 1981 and has two sons; she is a practicing Buddhist under the guidance of Thich Nhat Hanh, and her fiction is noted for its feminist and LGBTQ+ themes.

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Books

• Luck in the Shadows (1996) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• Stalking Darkness (1997) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• Traitor's Moon (1999) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• The Bone Doll's Twin (2001) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• Hidden Warrior (2003) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• The Oracle's Queen (2006) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• Shadows Return (2008) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• Glimpses: A Collection of Nightrunner Short Stories (2010) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Expanded Canon
• The White Road (2010) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• Casket of Souls (2012) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon
• Shards of Time (2014) · Nightrunner / The Tamír Triad Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 10 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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