Ru Emerson
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-02
Ru Emerson, who also wrote as Roberta Cray, was born on December 15, 1944, in Montana, and died on August 15, 2025, in Dallas, Oregon. She married Doug Garrety and settled in rural Oregon. She began publishing fantasy with The Princess of Flames in 1986, which was nominated for a Locus Award for Best First Novel. Her series include the Nedao trilogy (1987 to 1989), the six-volume Night-Threads series (1990 to 1995) and seven Xena: Warrior Princess novels (1996 to 2000). She also wrote Voices of Chaos (1998) in the Starbridge series with A. C. Crispin, Fortress of Frost and Fire (1993) with Mercedes Lackey, and the Greyhawk Classics novels Against the Giants (1999) and Keep on the Borderlands (2001).
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 20
- Current rank: #1147 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.59
- Award recognitions: None recorded
Books
Aggregate across all universes
- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 20 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)
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Against the Giants (1999) · Greyhawk Core Canon
Keep on the Borderlands (2001) · Greyhawk Core Canon