elaine cunningham

12 ağustos 1957 doğumlu amerikalı fantastik kurgu ve bilim kurgu yazarı... şiirsel anlatım tarzı ve unutulmuş diyarlara Evermeet, Halruaa, Ruathym ve Waterdeep hakkındaki katkılarıyla tanınmaktadır.
en bilinen roman kahramanları; half-elf Arilyn Moonblade, bard Danilo Thann, drow wizard Liriel Baenre, baenrekızının rashemi berserker arkadaşı Fyodor ve düşmanı Gorlist, Elaith "The Serpent" Craulnober (karakter Ed Greenwood tarafından yaratılmıştır), Matteo ve Tzigone, deep dragon Zz'Pzora...
Star Wars New Jedi Order:Dark Journey ile New York Times'da bestselling yazar olmuştur.
iki çocuğu, kocası ve iki kedisi -Gizmo ve Bäsel(danışmanlar ve kralları okuyanlar bilirler)- ile new england'da yaşamaktadır.

buda eserleri;

Songs & Swords (featuring Arilyn, Danilo and Elaith)
I. Elfshadow (1991/2000 reprint)
II. Elfsong (1994/2000 reprint)
III. Silver Shadows (1996/2001 reprint)
IV. Thornhold (1998/2001 reprint)
V. The Dream Spheres (1999)
Starlight and Shadows (featuring Liriel, Fyodor, Gorlist and Zz'Pzora)
I. Daughter of the Drow (1995)
II. Tangled Webs (1996)
III. Windwalker (2003)
Evermeet: Island of Elves (1998)
Councelors & Kings (featuring Matteo and Tzigone)
I. The Magehound (2000)
II. The Floodgate (2001)
III. Wizardwar (2002)
City of Splendors: A Novel of Waterdeep (With Ed Greenwood; due out August 2005)
Forgotten Realms anthology novellas
"The Bargain" Realms of Valor (1993)
"The More Things Change" Realms of Infamy (1994)
"The Direct Approach" Realms of Magic (1995)
"Rite of Blood" Realms of the Underdark (1996)/The Best of the Realms, Book 1 (2003)
"Secrets of Blood, Spirits of the Sea" Realms of the Arcane (1997)
"Speaking with the Dead" Realms of Mystery (1998)
"Fire is Fire" Realms of the Deep (2000)
"A little Knowledge" Realms of Shadow (2002)
"Gorlist's Dragon" Realms of Dragons (2004)
"Tree of Souls" Realms of the Elves (due out February 2005)
Del Rey's Star Wars New Jedi Order
Dark Journey, Book 10 (featuring Jaina Solo)
The Changeling Detective Agency series
I. Shadows in the Darkness (2004)
II. Shadows in the Starlight (due out February 2006)
Fantasist Enterprises anthology novellas
"Juniper" Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves (2005)
"Raven" Modern Magic: Tales of Fantasy and Horror (due out 2005)