Brennan, Marie
Entry updated 23 October 2023. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of US author Bryn Neuenschwander (? - ), who began to write work of genre interest with "Calling into Silence" as Neuenschwander, which won the 2002 Asimov's Undergraduate Award, given by Asimov's in conjunction with the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. Most of her subsequent work has been fantasy, beginning with the Doppelganger sequence beginning with Doppelganger (2006; vt Warrior 2008), which explores with some deftness a perhaps implausible premise: all witches are born with Doppelganger twins, who must die in order to empower the survivor. The solution, a union of twins into a superior creature, is not unexpected. The Onyx Court sequence beginning with Midnight Never Come (2008) is Urban Fantasy of a traditional sort, the City in question – London during the rule of the first Elizabeth, and for a century or so after – being imagined as a vast Edifice-like entity (for Edifice, Faerie and Urban Fantasy see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below), with a counter-queen ruling a land of Faerie deep Underground as the scientific enlightenment above threatens this precarious comity. Of more direct sf interest is the Lady Trent sequence beginning with A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent (2013), in which traditional fantasy-like dragon lore (see Supernatural Creatures) is Equipoisally fitted into a pattern of sf explanation that combines extrapolative Biology and Anthropology; the setting, an imaginary world, is described with topographical exactitude. [JC]
Bryn Neuenschwander
born
works
series
Doppelganger
- Doppelganger (New York: Warner Books, 2006) [Doppelganger: pb/Steve Stone]
- Warrior and Witch (New York: Warner Books, 2006) [Doppelganger: pb/Larry Rostant]
Onyx Court
- Midnight Never Come (New York: Orbit, 2008) [Onyx Court: pb/]
- In Ashes Lie (New York: Orbit, 2009) [Onyx Court: pb/David Ortega]
- Deeds of Men (Cedar Crest, New Mexico: Book View Café, 2009) [ebook: Onyx Court: na/]
- A Star Shall Fall (New York: Orbit, 2010) [Onyx Court: pb/Cliff Nielsen]
- With Fate Conspire (New York: Orbit, 2011) [Onyx Court: pb/Cliff Nielsen]
Lady Trent
- A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent (New York: Tor, 2013) [Lady Trent: illus/hb/Todd Lockwood]
- The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent (New York: Tor, 2014) [Lady Trent: illus/hb/Todd Lockwood]
- Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent (New York: Tor, 2015) [Lady Trent: illus/hb/Todd Lockwood]
- In the Labyrinth of Drakes: A Memoir by Lady Trent (New York: Tor, 2016) [Lady Trent: illus/hb/Todd Lockwood]
- Within the Sanctuary of Wings: A Memoir by Lady Trent (New York: Tor, 2017) [Lady Trent: illus/hb/Todd Lockwood]
- Turning Darkness into Light (New York: Tor, 2019) [Lady Trent: illus/hb/Todd Lockwood]
Varekai
- Cold-Forged Flame (New York: Tor.com, 2016) [novella: Varekai: pb/Sam Weber]
- Lightning in the Blood (New York: Tor.com, 2017) [novella: Varekai: pb/Greg Ruth]
Driftwood
- Driftwood (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2020) [Driftwood: pb/Elizabeth Story]
individual titles
- The Waking of Angantyr (London: Titan Books, 2023) [pb/]
collections and stories
- Welcome to Welton (Cedar Crest, New Mexico: Book View Café, 2012) [novella: ebook: na/]
- Mad Maudlin (New York: Tor.com, 2014) [story: ebook: na/Ian McCaig]
- Daughter of Necessity (New York: Tor.com, 2014) [story: ebook: na/Ashley Mackenzie]
links
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy: Edifice; Faerie; Urban Fantasy.
- Picture Gallery
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