Description: Marion Zimmer Bradley began writing science fiction and fantasy in 1953. After many short stories and short novels in science fiction magazines, she published the first of her novels, The Door Through Space, in 1961. The following year she published The Sword of Aldones -- the beginning of her popular and monumental Darkover series -- which was nominated for that year's Hugo Award for Best Novel. A later Darkover novel, The Forbidden Tower, was also nominated for a Hugo Award, and a third, The Heritage of Hastur, was nominated for a Nebula Award. Her works set on the planet Darkover, which adroitly combine science fiction and fantasy, are so popular that for twenty-five years an annual convention has been held for fans of the Darkover universe. Her most popular novel was The Mists of Avalon, which won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, spent months on the New York Times Best Seller List as a hardcover, then repeated the feat in a trade paperback edition. It has sold over a million copies, and has been filmed as a TV miniseries. Ms. Bradley died in 1999

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