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My Take
Tanith Lee is the kind of writer I wish more people stumbled onto. Born in London in 1947, she produced an astonishing body of work, over 90 novels and 300 short stories spanning science fiction, fantasy, and poetry. What impresses me is not just the volume but the recognition that followed: multiple World Fantasy Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement honor in 2014. She even wrote a children's picture book, which tells me her imagination refused boundaries. To me she represents the quietly prolific artist whose influence outlasts the spotlight, and I'd happily spend a winter working through her catalog.
Overview
Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. She also wrote a children's picture book (Animal Castle), and many poems.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tanith Lee
- Name (Japanese)
- タニス・リー
- Reading
- たにす・りー
- Born
- September 19, 1947 – May 24, 2015
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Boar
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / poet / science fiction writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1980 August Derleth Award
- 2009 World Horror Convention Grand Master Award
- 2014 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
- 1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.tanith-lee.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.