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Mercedes Lackey

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The Resume

    (June 24, 1950- )
    Wrote 'Take a Thief,' 'Exile's Honor,' 'Exile's Valor,' 'Arrows of the Queen,' 'Arrow's Flight,' 'Arrow's Fall,' 'Winds of Fate,' 'Winds of Change,' 'Winds of Fury,' 'Storm Warning,' 'Storm Rising,' 'Storm Breaking,' 'Owlflight,' 'Owlsight,' 'Owlknight,' 'Magic's Pawn,' 'Magic's Promise,' 'Magic's Price,' 'The Oathbound,' 'Oathbreakers,' 'Oathblood,' 'By the Sword,' 'The Black Gryphon,' 'The White Gryphon,' 'The Silver Gryphon,' 'Brightly Burning,' 'Sword of Ice,' 'Sun in Glory and other tales of Valdemar' and 'Valdemar Companion'

Why she might be annoying:

    She said: 'I began writing out of boredom; I continue out of addiction. I can't `not' write, and as a result I have no social life!'
    She keeps pet parrots and calls them her 'feathered children.'
    She was criticized for writing 'fluffy' fantasy novels that bear hardly any resemblance to real or pseudo-real history.
    She won't allow any fan fiction from fans outside her authorized fan club 'The Queen's Own.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is a protegee of Marion Zimmer Bradley.
    She attended Purdue University.
    She wrote and recorded about 50 songs for Firebird Arts & Music.
    She practices falconry.
    She received death threats from fans who were pissed that she stopped writing more 'Diana Tregarde' stories.

Credit: Jeff


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 68.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 100 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 87 Votes: 54.02% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 158 Votes: 67.72% Annoying