Nazarian, Vera
Entry updated 16 December 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1966- ) Russian-born US author of Armenian-Russian extraction who began to publish work of genre interest with "The Wound in the Moon" in Sword and Sorceress II: An Anthology of Heroic Fantasy (anth 1985) edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Most of her work is Fantasy, historical or otherwise [see Checklist below]. She is of direct sf interest for the Young Adult Atlantis Grail sequence opening with Qualify (2014), which is set in 2047 and sees Earth is threatened with Disaster by a coming Asteroid impact which will cause global extinction. Help is offered by spacegoing descendants of ancient Atlantis who can transport a small percentage of humanity to a colony world (see Colonization of Other Worlds). In a scenario distantly echoing Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games (2008), teenagers must enter the savagely competitive Atlantis Grail games whose prize is salvation for themselves and perhaps their families. Further titles in the series include Compete (2015), Win (2017) and Survive (2020); there are also spinoff novellas and the nonfiction The Atlantis Grail Companion (2021 ebook).
Nazarian has also written comic fantasy mashups based on novels by Jane Austen, beginning with Mansfield Park and Mummies: Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights (2009) "with" Jane Austen. She edited the anthology Sky Whales and Other Wonders (anth 2009), whose contributors include Tanith Lee. A treatise of "nonfiction" Humour is Vampires Are from Venus, Werewolves Are from Mars: A Comprehensive Guide to Attracting Supernatural Love (2012). Much of this author's work is published or reissued by her own Small Press, Norilana Books. [DRL]
Vera Nazarian
born Moscow: 25 May 1966
works
series
Jane Austen spoofs
- Mansfield Park and Mummies: Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books/Curiosities, 2009) "with" Jane Austen [Jane Austen spoofs: pb/]
- Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books/Curiosities, 2010) "with" Jane Austen [Jane Austen spoofs: pb/]
- Pride and Platypus: Mr. Darcy's Dreadful Secret (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books/Curiosities, 2012) "with" Jane Austen [Jane Austen spoofs: pb/]
Cobweb Bride
- Cobweb Bride (Winnetka, California: Leda, 2013) [Cobweb Bride: hb/]
- Cobweb Empire (Winnetka, California: Leda, 2013) [Cobweb Bride: hb/]
- Cobweb Forest (Winnetka, California: Leda, 2013) [Cobweb Bride: hb/]
- Cobweb Bride: The Complete Trilogy (Winnetka, California: Leda, 2014) [omni of the above three: ebook: Cobweb Bride: na/]
The Atlantis Grail
- Qualify (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2014) [The Atlantis Grail: hb/]
- Compete (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2015) [The Atlantis Grail: hb/]
- Win (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2017) [The Atlantis Grail: hb/]
- Survive (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2020) [The Atlantis Grail: hb/]
- The Atlantis Grail Companion (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2020) [nonfiction: ebook: The Atlantis Grail: na/]
- Aeson: Blue (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2021) [novella: The Atlantis Grail: pb/]
- Aeson: Black (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2022) [novella: The Atlantis Grail: hb/]
individual titles
- Dreams of the Compass Rose (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press, 2002) [hb/]
- Lords of Rainbow (New York: Betancourt and Company, 2003) [hb/]
- The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass (Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2005) [hb/Les Edwards as Edward Miller]
- The Duke in His Castle (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2008) [hb/]
collections and stories
- Mayhem at Grant-Williams High (Raleigh, North Carolina: Lulu.com, 2006) [coll of linked stories: pb/]
- Salt of the Air (Canton, Ohio: Prime Books, 2006) [coll: hb/A R Menne]
- After the Sundial (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2010) [coll: hb/]
- The Young Woman in a House of Old (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2011) [novelette: ebook: first appeared in Strange Pleasures 2 (anth 2003) edited by John Grant and Dave Hutchinson: na/]
- The Witch Who Made Adjustments (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2012) [novelette: ebook: na/]
- Old Farts (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2012) [story: ebook: na/]
- Three Names of the Hidden God (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2012) [novelette: ebook: first appeared in Heroes in Training (anth 2007) edited by Martin H Greenberg and Jim C Hines: na/]
- Lore of Rainbow (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2013) [story: ebook: first appeared 2006 in Salt of the Air above: na/]
nonfiction
(See also The Atlantis Grail above.)
- Vampires Are from Venus, Werewolves Are from Mars: A Comprehensive Guide to Attracting Supernatural Love (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books/Curiosities, 2012) [nonfiction: pb/]
works as editor
- Sky Whales and Other Wonders (Highgate Center, Vermont: Norilana Books, 2009) [anth: pb/Ahyicodae]
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