Phyllis Eisenstein

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Phyllis Eisenstein (1946-2020) was an American author of fantasy and science fiction, born in Chicago, who lived in Illinois for most of her life. Her novel Born to Exile began the tales of Alaric the Minstrel, continued in In the Red Lord's Reach (1989). Sorcerer's Son (1979), often counted her best work, opened the Book of Elementals, followed by The Crystal Palace (1988); she also wrote the science fiction romances Shadow of Earth and In the Hands of Glory, and many short stories, some collected in Night Lives with Alex Eisenstein. She became a teacher of writing, first assisting Roger Zelazny at the Indiana University Writers' Conference in 1977.

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Books

• Sorcerer's Son (1979) · The Book of Elementals Core Canon
• The Crystal Palace (1988) · The Book of Elementals Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 2 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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