Dorer, Frances
Entry updated 26 August 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1958-2010) Pseudonym of Frances Catherine Paterson, US author, always with her mother Nancy Paterson (1922-2010), the latter writing under her maiden name Nancy Dorer. They began to publish work of genre interest with When Next I Wake (dated 1978 but 1979) as by Frank Dorn, their most ambitious effort being the Eagle sequence of sf adventures, all dated 1979 but published 1980, comprising By Daybreak the Eagle (1980), Wings of the Eagle (1980) and Return of the Eagle (1980). Singletons include Appointment with Yesterday (dated 1978 but 1979) as by Dorn, Sunwatch (1979) as by Dorn, Where No Man has Trod (dated 1979 but 1980) and Two Came Calling (dated 1979 but 1980). [JC]
Frances Catherine Paterson
born Becker County, Minnesota: 14 April 1958
Nancy Jacob Dorer
born Kansas City, Missouri: 29 August 1922
died Wabasha, Minnesota: 22 October 2010
works
series
Eagle
- By Daybreak the Eagle (New York: Manor Books, 1980) with Nancy Dorer [dated 1979 but published 1980: Eagle: pb/]
- Return of the Eagle (New York: Manor Books, 1980) with Nancy Dorer [dated 1979 but published 1980: Eagle: pb/]
- The Wings of the Eagle (New York: Manor Books, 1980) with Nancy Dorer [dated 1979 but published 1980: Eagle: pb/Bruce Pennington]
individual titles
- Appointment with Yesterday (New York: Manor Books, 1979) with Nancy Dorer, writing together as Frank Dorn [dated 1978 but published 1979: pb/]
- When Next I Wake (New York: Manor Books, 1979) with Nancy Dorer, writing together as Frank Dorn [dated 1978 but published 1979: pb/]
- Sunwatch (New York: Manor Books, 1979) with Nancy Dorer, writing together as Frank Dorn [pb/]
- Two Came Calling (New York: Manor Books, 1979) with Nancy Dorer, [pb/Bruce Pennington]
- Voice of the Smoking Mirror (New York: Manor Books, 1979) with Nancy Dorer, [pb/Bob Larkin]
- Where No Man has Trod (New York: Manor Books, 1980) with Nancy Dorer [dated 1979 but published 1980: pb/]
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