Honored with a Life Achievement World Fantasy Award, Andre Norton was the author of more than one hundred original novels, as well as many fruitful collaborations. She also was honored as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Widely acclaimed as one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy writers of all time, Miss Norton passed away in 2005.
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A native of New Zealand, Lyn McConchie is the author of books ranging from science fiction and fantasy to contemporary fiction and non-fiction, for adults and for younger readers. Her collaborations with Andre Norton on the novels Beast Master’s Ark (2002) and Beast Master’s Circus (2004), were both awarded the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel by a New Zealander. Their third Beast Master collaboration, Beast Master’s Quest? was recently published. She has also collaborated with Miss Norton on the Witch World novel The Duke’s Ballad. She lives in Norsewood, New Zealand.