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Morgan, J M

Working name of US author Jill Meredith Morgan (1946-    ), most of work has been horror for Young Adult readers as by Morgan Fields, Jill Morgan and Jessica Pierce. The Spider's Child series as by Pierce, beginning with The Spider's Child: Volume 1: Trapped (1994), is an early example of the fruitful fantasy topos in which the protagonist is trapped within a book [for Book and Story see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below]. Of sf interest is the Desert Eden sequence of Post-Holocaust tales – comprising Desert Eden (1991), Beyond Eden (1992) and Future Eden (1992) – set in a world devastated by a biological-warfare experiment (see Biology) gone awry. Between the Devil and the Deep (1992) features the Loch Ness Monster (see Horror in SF). [JC]

Jill Meredith Morgan

born San Antonio, Texas: 21 December 1946

works

series

Desert Eden

• Desert Eden (New York: Pinnacle books, 1991) [Desert Eden: pb/Michael Herring]
• Beyond Eden (New York: Pinnacle books, 1992) [Desert Eden: pb/Michael Herring]
• Future Eden (New York: Pinnacle books, 1992) [Desert Eden: pb/Michael Herring]

Spider's Child

• The Spider's Child: Volume 1: Trapped (New York: Kensington Publishing Co/Zebra Books, 1994) [Spider's Child: pb/]
• The Spider's Child: Volume 2: Keeper (New York: Kensington Publishing Co/Zebra Books, 1994) [Spider's Child: pb/]
• The Spider's Child: Volume 3: Flashflood (New York: Kensington Publishing Co/Zebra Books, 1995) [Spider's Child: pb/]

individual titles

• Play Time (New York: Kensington Publishing Co/Zebra Books, 1988) as by Morgan Fields [pb/]
• Deadly Harvest (New York: Kensington Publishing Co/Zebra Books, 1989) as by Morgan Fields [pb/]
• Shaman Woods (New York: Kensington Publishing Co/Zebra Books, 1990) [pb/]
• Between the Devil and the Deep (New York: Pocket Books, 1992) [pb/]
• Blood Brothers (New York: HarperTrophy, 1996) as by Jill Morgan [pb/]

works as editor

• Great Writers & Kids Write Spooky Stories (New York: Random House, 1995) with Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg [anth: hb/Gahan Wilson]
• 'Til Death do us Part (New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1998) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Encyclopedia of Fantasy: Books; Story.
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 02:33 am on 20 August 2026.
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