Mercedes Lackey

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mercedes Lackey
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jun 24, 1950(1950-06-24)
Age	74
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Gemini

Mercedes Lackey Biography

Mercedes Lackey is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on June 24, 1950 in Illinois, United States. She is an American fantasy writer. Her Bedlam’s Bard and Diana Tregarde novels are her most well-known works. Many of her stories are set in Valdemar, a fictional country.

Both she and She and Sarah Douglass are both popular fantasy writers. were popular fantasy writers.

She places her meeting with science fiction at age 10 or 11, when she picked up her father’s copy of James H. Schmitz’s Agent of Vega. She then read Andre Norton’s Beast Master and Lord of Thunder and continued to read all of Norton’s works. Lackey had difficulties obtaining enough interesting books from the public library to sate her passion for reading. She wrote for herself but without real direction or purpose until she attended Purdue University. Lackey graduated from Purdue in 1972.

Despite getting her own start as a fan fiction author, she and her agent forbade fanfiction based on her own books for many years, whether distributed offline or online. Lackey stated on her website that this was due to the 1992 Marion Zimmer Bradley fan fiction affair, when a fan accused Bradley of copying the fan’s work, and demanded writing credit and remuneration. After several years, Lackey’s policy permitted offline fanfic, but only if the author got a release form from Mercedes Lackey that said the author acknowledged that they were using characters that belong to Mercedes Lackey and that the author’s work essentially became Mercedes Lackey’s property to prevent “infringing on my right to make a living from my own imagination”. As of 2009 this policy changed, permitting fanfiction to be licensed as derivative fiction under the Creative Commons umbrella.

She settled down in Oklahoma with her husband Larry Dixon, a fantasy artist.

Mercedes Lackey Net Worth

Mercedes Lackey is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mercedes Lackey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1972, she graduated from Purdue University. She published stories in Fantasy Book Magazine and Friends of Darkover at the beginning of her literary career.

Most proud of By the Sword is a 1991 novel that she published.

Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels include interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Mercedes Lackey Dating?

According to our records, Mercedes Lackey married to Larry Dixon. As of December 1, 2023, Mercedes Lackey’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Mercedes Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mercedes Lackey celebrates birthday on June 24 of every year.

Is Mercedes Lackey still writing?

Mercedes Lackey
Occupation| Novelist, short story writer
Period| 1985–present
Genre| Fantasy
Notable works| Valdemar series

What order should I read Mercedes Lackey?

1. Book 1. The Black Gryphon. Mercedes Lackey Jan 01, 1995 (first published in 1994) …
2. Book 2. The White Gryphon. …
3. Book 3. The Silver Gryphon. …
4. Book 4. Beyond. …
5. Book 5. Magic’s Pawn1stedition Text Only. …
6. Book 6. Magic’s Promise. …
7. Book 7. Magic’s Price. …
8. Book 8. Foundation.

Where does Mercedes Lackey live now?

Mercedes Lackey is a full-time writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the best-selling Heralds of Valdemar series. She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, artist Larry Dixon, and their flock of parrots.

Where was Mercedes Lackey born?

Chicago, IL

What order should I read Anne Mccaffrey books?

• The Survey: P.E.R.N. – Collected in The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall. …
• Dragonsdawn.
• The Dolphins’ Bell – Collected in The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall.
• The Ford of Red Hanrahan – Collected in The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall.
• The Second Weyr – Collected in The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall.