Abbey, Lynn
Entry updated 21 July 2025. Tagged: Author, Editor.
Working name of US author and editor Marilyn Lorraine Abbey (1948- ), married from 1982 to 1993 to Robert Lynn Asprin. She began to publish work of genre interest with Daughter of the Bright Moon (1979), opening the Rifkind fantasy trilogy, and in the same year contributed the novelette "The Face of Chaos" to Thieves' World (anth 1979), edited by her future husband Asprin and opening the Thieves' World fantasy Shared World sequence (see also Braid). It is understood that Christine DeWees, author of "Myrtis" in that inaugural Thieves' World volume, was an Abbey pseudonym. She co-edited later sequence volumes from the fifth in 1983 to the twelfth (Asprin's last) in 1989 [see Checklist below]; Thieves' World was later revived with Abbey as sole editor for two further volumes in 2002 and 2004.
Most of this author's work is fantasy, some Tied to Game franchises as listed below. Abbey has however contributed eight stories to C J Cherryh's Merovingen Nights Shared World sequence, set (albeit in Science Fantasy mode) on a world in the Cherryh Alliance-Union sf universe. Another tale of some direct sf interest is the novelization Catwoman (1992; vt Catwoman: Tiger Hunt 1993) with Robert Lynn Asprin, based on Batman Returns (1992) (see Batman Films). The Orion's Children / Emma Merrigan sequence opening with Out of Time (2000) is fantasy involving a university librarian (see Libraries) plunged into Time Travel adventures. Abbey has an effective, engaging style and a flair for historical fantasy; her protagonists show enough complexity and grittiness to lift their stories above genre routine. [DRL]
see also: Dana Kramer-Rolls.
Marilyn Lorraine Abbey
born Peekskill, New York: 18 September 1948
works
series
Rifkind
- Daughter of the Bright Moon (New York: Ace Books, 1979) [Rifkind: hb/Bob Adragna]
- The Black Flame (New York: Ace Books, 1979) [Rifkind: pb/Bob Adragna]
- Rifkind's Challenge (New York: Tor, 2006) [Rifkind: hb/Julie Bell]
Thieves' World Graphics
- Thieves' World Graphics (Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Company/Starblaze, 1986) with Robert Lynn Asprin and Tim Sale [graph: Thieves' World Graphics: pb/Tim Sale]
- Thieves' World Graphics 2 (Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Company/Starblaze, 1986) with Robert Lynn Asprin and Tim Sale [graph: Thieves' World Graphics: pb/Tim Sale]
- Thieves' World Graphics 3 (Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Company/Starblaze, 1986) with Robert Lynn Asprin and Tim Sale [graph: Thieves' World Graphics: pb/Tim Sale]
- Thieves' World Graphics 4 (Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Company/Starblaze, 1987) with Robert Lynn Asprin and Tim Sale [graph: Thieves' World Graphics: pb/Tim Sale]
- Thieves' World Graphics 5 (Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Company/Starblaze, 1987) with Robert Lynn Asprin and Tim Sale [graph: Thieves' World Graphics: pb/Tim Sale]
- Thieves' World Graphics 6 (Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Company/Starblaze, 1987) with Robert Lynn Asprin and Tim Sale [graph: Thieves' World Graphics: pb/Tim Sale]
Unicorn & Dragon
- Unicorn & Dragon (New York: Avon, 1987) [Unicorn & Dragon: pb/Robert Gould]
- Conquest (New York: Avon Books, 1988) [Unicorn & Dragon: pb/Robert Gould]
- The Green Man (London: Headline, 1989) [vt of the above: Unicorn & Dragon: pb/Mike Posen]
- Unicorn & Dragon (New York: ibooks, 2003) [omni of the above two: Unicorn & Dragon: pb/Robert Gould]
Ultima Saga
- The Forge of Virtue (New York: Popular Library/Questar, 1991) [Ultima Saga: pb/Janny Wurts]
- The Temper of Wisdom (New York: New York: Warner Books 1992) [Ultima Saga: pb/Janny Wurts]
Walensor
- The Wooden Sword (New York: Ace Books, 1991) [Walensor: pb/Daniel R Horne]
- Beneath the Web (New York: Ace Books, 1994) [Walensor: pb/Donato Giancola as Donato]
Dark Sun/Chronicles of Athas
- The Brazen Gambit (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1994) [Dark Sun/Chronicles of Athas: pb/Brom]
- Cinnabar Shadows (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1995) [Dark Sun/Chronicles of Athas: pb/Brom]
- The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1996) [Dark Sun/Chronicles of Athas: pb/Brom]
Forgotten Realms
- The Simbul's Gift (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1997) [Forgotten Realms: Nobles: pb/Todd Lockwood]
- The Nether Scroll (Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast, 2008) [Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires: pb/Alan Pollack]
Orion's Children / Emma Merrigan
- Out of Time (New York: Ace Fantasy Books, 2000) [Orion's Children / Emma Merrigan: pb/Phil Howe]
- Behind Time (New York: Ace Books, 2001) [Orion's Children / Emma Merrigan: pb/Phil Howe]
- Taking Time (New York: Ace Books, 2004) [Orion's Children / Emma Merrigan: pb/Danilo Ducak]
- Down Time (New York: Ace Books, 2005) [Orion's Children / Emma Merrigan: pb/Danilo Ducak]
individual titles
- The Guardians (New York: Ace Books, 1982) [pb/Larry Elmore]
- Catwoman (New York: Warner Books, 1992) with Robert Lynn Asprin [tie to the film Batman Returns (see Batman Films): Batman: pb/Dave Dorman]
- Catwoman: Tiger Hunt (London: Millennium, 1993) with Robert Lynn Asprin [tie: vt of the above: hb/]
- Siege of Shadows (New York: Ace Books, 1996) [pb/Jeff Barson]
- Planeswalker (Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast, 1998) [Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle: pb/rk post]
- JerLayne (New York: DAW Books, 1999) [pb/Cheryl Griesbach, Stanley Martucci]
works as editor
series
Thieves' World
- The Face of Chaos (New York: Ace Books, 1983) with Robert Lynn Asprin [anth: Thieves' World: pb/Walter Velez]
- Wings of Omen (New York: Ace Books, 1984) with Robert Lynn Asprin [anth: Thieves' World: pb/Walter Velez]
- Cross-Currents (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1984) [anth: omni of the above two plus Storm Season (anth 1982) ed Asprin alone: Thieves' World: hb/Walter Velez]
- The Dead of Winter (New York: Ace Books, 1985) with Robert Lynn Asprin [anth: Thieves' World: pb/Gary Ruddell]
- Soul of the City (New York: Ace Books, 1986) with Robert Lynn Asprin [anth: Thieves' World: pb/Gary Ruddell]
- Blood Ties (New York: Ace Books, 1986) with Robert Lynn Asprin [anth: Thieves' World: pb/Gary Ruddell]
- The Shattered Sphere (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1986) [anth: omni of the above three: Thieves' World: hb/Walter Velez]
- Aftermath (New York: Ace Books, 1987) with Robert Lynn Asprin [anth: Thieves' World: pb/Gary Ruddell]
- Uneasy Alliances (New York: Ace Books, 1988) with Robert Lynn Asprin [anth: Thieves' World: pb/Gary Ruddell]
- Stealer's Sky (New York: Ace Books, 1989) with Robert Lynn Asprin [anth: Thieves' World: pb/Gary Ruddell]
- The Price of Victory (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1990) [anth: omni of the above three: Thieves' World: hb/Walter Velez]
- Turning Points (New York: Tor, 2002) [Thieves' World: hb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- Enemies of Fortune (New York: Tor, 2004) [Thieves' World: hb/Jean Pierre Targete]
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