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Elaine Cunningham

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12 Ağustos 1957 yılında New York doğumlu amerikalı fantastik ve bilim kurgu yazarıdır.
Unutulmuş Diyarlar'ın en gözde yazarlarından biridir. Birçok fantastik kitabın ve kısa öykünün yazarı olmakla birlikte, kendi deyimiyle birçok ''berbat'' şiirin de yazarıdır. Eski bir tarih ve müzik öğretmeni olan Cunningham, tüm zamanını roman yazmaya ayırabilmek için öğretmenliği bıraktı. Fırsat buldukça bahçe bakımıyla uğraşan ve Ren Faires ve Kelt festivallerine katılan Cunningham, kocası William ve iki oğluyla Maryland'de yaşamaktadır.
Hayatının dönemlerini haziranın ateşböcekleri, sonbahar renkleri ve komşu çocuklar için verdikleri partilerdeki şenlik ateşleri ile tanımlamaktadır. Günün saatlerinin ve kütüphanesindeki rafların azlığından yakınmaktadır.

Kitapları

• Songs & Swords (featuring Arilyn, Danilo and Elaith)
  • I. Elfshadow (1991/2000 reprint)
  • II. Elfsong (1994/2000 reprint)
  • III. Silver Shadows (1996/2001 reprint)
  • IV. Thornhold (1998/2001 reprint)
  • V. The Dream Spheres (1999)

• Starlight and Shadows (featuring Liriel, Fyodor, Gorlist and Zz'Pzora)
  • I. Daughter of the Drow (1995)
  • II. Tangled Webs (1996)
  • III. Windwalker (2003)

• Evermeet: Island of Elves (1998)
• Councelors & Kings (featuring Matteo and Tzigone)
  • I. The Magehound (2000)
  • II. The Floodgate (2001)
  • III. The Wizardwar (2002)

• City of Splendors: A Novel of Waterdeep (With Ed Greenwood; 2005)
• Forgotten Realms anthology novellas
  • "The Bargain"—Realms of Valor (1993)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "The More Things Change"—Realms of Infamy (1994)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "The Direct Approach"—Realms of Magic (1995)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "Rite of Blood"—Realms of the Underdark (1996)/The Best of the Realms, Book 1 (2003)
  • "Secrets of Blood, Spirits of the Sea"—Realms of the Arcane1997)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007) (
  • "The Great Hunt"—Dragon magazine #246 (1998)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "Speaking with the Dead"—Realms of Mystery (1998)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "Stolen Dreams"—Dragon magazine #259 (1999)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "Fire is Fire"—Realms of the Deep (2000)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "Possessions"—Dragon magazine #282 (2002)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "A Little Knowledge"—Realms of Shadow (2002)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "Gorlist's Dragon"—Realms of Dragons (2004)
  • "Games of Chance"—Dragon magazine #335 (2005)/The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "The Knights of Samular"—The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "Tribute"—The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)
  • "Answered Prayers"—The Best of the Realms, Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham (2007)

• Del Rey's Star Wars books
  • Red Sky, Blue Flame
  • Dark Journey, Book 10 (featuring Jaina Solo)
  • The Apprentice

• The Changeling Detective Agency series
  • I. Shadows in the Darkness (2004)
  • II. Shadows in the Starlight (2006)

• Fantasist Enterprises anthology novellas
  • "Juniper"—Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves (2005)
  • "Raven"—Modern Magic: Tales of Fantasy and Horror (2005)