Debra Doyle
Debra Doyle (November 30, 1952 – October 31, 2020) was an American author in multiple related fiction genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and mystery, for young adults and adults. Her works were co-written with her husband, James D. Macdonald. Life and career. Doyle earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania with a dissertation on Old English poetry. Her first work written with Macdonald was "Bad Blood" in 1988. Their novel "Knight's Wyrd" was awarded the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1992 and appeared on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen  Age list in 1993. They published two series, "Mageworlds" (7 novels) and "The Wizard Apprentice" (8 novels), and two alternate history novels, "Land of Mist and Snow" and "Lincoln's Sword". Doyle and Macdonald also published together under other names. They published their first novel, "Night of Ghosts and Lightning", in 1989 under the house name Robyn Tallis; two Tom Swift novels under the house name Victor Appleton; "Pep Rally", "Blood Brothers", and "Vampire’s Kiss" under the house name Nicholas Adams; and two Spider-Man and three Battletech novels as Martin Delrio. Together Doyle and Macdonald made up part  of the core membership of the "sff.net" website and "rec.arts.sff" newsgroup. Doyle also taught at the Viable Paradise genre writer's workshop on Martha's Vineyard. She died of cardiac arrest on October 31, 2020.