American computer programmer and author

Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey (born September 18, 1948) is an American fantasy author.

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Move to Michigan; accident and aftermath
• 3 Publication and marriage
• 4 Divorce and moves
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Background

Born in Peekskill, New York, Abbey was daughter of Ronald Lionel (an insurance manager) and Doris Lorraine (a homemaker; maiden name, De Wees). She attended the University of Rochester, where she began as an astrophysics major. She earned a A.B. (1969) and an M.A. (1971) in European history, but shifted to computer programming as a profession "when my advisor pointed out that, given the natural rise and fall of demographic curves, tenured university faculty positions were going to be as scarce as hen's teeth for the next twenty-five years and my education was turning into an expensive hobby. (He was right, too.)" She had married Ralph Dressler July 14, 1969; they were divorced October 31, 1972. During this period she also became a member of science fiction fandom.

Move to Michigan; accident and aftermath

In 1976, after a stint as a programmer for insurance companies, and work on the state task force involved in do*enting the New York City bankruptcy crisis, she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. In January 1977, she was injured in an automobile accident while going to pick up Gordon R. Dickson, who was to be a Guest of Honor at that year's ConFusion. The guilt-ridden Dickson volunteered to *ist her by reading and critiquing her work (she'd been writing since childhood). The m*cript he helped her with became Daughter of the Bright Moon.

Publication and marriage

Abbey began publishing in 1979 with Daughter of the Bright Moon and the short story "The Face of Chaos," in Thieves' World, the first part of the Thieves World shared world anthology.

On August 28, 1982 she married Robert Asprin, editor of the Thieves World books, and became his co-editor. She also contributed to other shared world series during the 1980s, including Heroes in Hell and Merovingen Nights.

She began writing for TSR, Inc. around 1994 while continuing to write novels and editing anthologies. Her works for TSR include stories set in the Forgotten Realms and the Dark Sun settings. Lynn Abbey wrote for TSR's Dark Sun series starting with The Brazen Gambit. Further novels in the series include The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King, a novel exploring the topic of genocide, a central theme in the ancient history of Athas, the world on which the Dark Sun setting takes place. Along with Cinnabar Shadows, all three of Abbey's books written for the Athasian setting take place in and around the City-state of Urik.

Divorce and moves

Abbey and Asprin divorced in 1993 and Abbey moved to Oklahoma City. She continued to write novels during this period, including original works as well as tie-ins to role playing games for TSR. In 2002, she returned to Thieves World with the novel Sanctuary and also began editing new anthologies, beginning with Turning Points. In 2006, she was a writer on Green Ronin's version of Thieves World. She has lived in Leesburg, Florida since 1997.

References

External links

• Facebook page
• Interview with Lynn Abbey
• Lynn Abbey at the Internet Book List
• Lynn Abbey at the Internet Book Database of Fiction
• Lynn Abbey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• "Lynn Abbey::: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on January 2, 2011.
• Lynn Abbey at Library of Congress Authorities, with 33 catalog records

Notable
modules

• List of Eberron modules and sourcebooks
• Against the Giants
• Dead Gods
• Desert of Desolation
• Dragonlance
• Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
• Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
• The Gates of Firestorm Peak
• The Isle of Dread
• The Keep on the Borderlands
• The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
• Queen of the Spiders
• Ravenloft
• Red Hand of Doom
• The Ruins of Undermountain
• The Temple of Elemental Evil
• Tomb of Horrors
• White Plume Mountain

Online tools

• D&D Beyond