Esther Friesner by Catriona Sparks. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 2.0 (accessed: January 3, 2021).
Esther M. Friesner
, b. 1951
Esther Mona Friesner (b. New York 1951) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, editor and college professor. She attended Hunter College High School, studied Spanish and Drama at Vassar College, and has a PhD in Spanish from Yale. Prior to becoming a full time writer, she was a Yale professor of Spanish.
Friesner is author of over forty novels and editor of many anthologies. She also frequently writes short stories. Much of her work draws on ancient history or myth. Nobody’s Princess is the first of her four two-book series about legendary princesses. The other three look at Nefertiti, Himiko and Maeve. Additional novels in which she draws on ancient history include Druid’s Blood (1988) and Child of the Eagle: A Myth of Rome (1996). She has also written novels tied into the Star Trek and Sabrina the Teenage Witch franchises.
Friesner has two children and multiple cats and hamsters. Her married name is Esther Friesner-Stutzman. She lives in Connecticut and has won multiple writing awards.
Sources:
Back cover of book.
fantasticfiction.com (accessed: March 11, 2019).
wikipedia.org (accessed: March 11, 2019).
Bio prepared by Robin Diver, University of Birmingham, RSD253@student.bham.ac.uk
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