Elizabeth H. Boyer

Elizabeth Hall Boyer (born 1952) is an American fantasy author^[1][2][3] who produced books in the 1980s and early 1990s.^[4]

Career

Boyer studied English literature and Scandinavian mythology at Brigham Young University. She lives on a farm near Atlanta and no longer writes.^{[citation needed]}

Influences

Her work is deeply influenced by

Her works continue to be popular since their publication, although critics consider her later works inferior compared to her original Alfar series. The Skyla series was noted as "less ambitious" and darker yet slow-paced, patchy, and tentative.[4]

Bibliography

World of the Alfar

1. The Sword and the Satchel (1980)
2. The Elves and the Otterskin (1981)
3. The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart (1982)
4. The Wizard and the Warlord (1983)

• "The Stillborn Heritage" (Four from the Witch World, 1989)

Wizard's War

1. The Troll's Grindstone (1986)
2. The Curse of Slagfid (1989)
3. The Dragon's Carbuncle (1990)
4. The Lord of Chaos (1991)

• "The Stillborn Heritage" (Four from the Witch World, 1989)

Skyla

1. The Clan of the Warlord (1992)
2. The Black Lynx (1993)
3. Keeper of Cats (1995)

Historical fiction

• A Story of Survival: Marguerite de la Roque (1975)
• Freydis and Gudrid (1976)

Short stories

• "Borrowing Trouble" (Catfantastic, 1989)
• "The Last Gift" (Catfantastic II, 1990)
• "A Foreigner Comes to Reddyville" (Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor, 1994)

References

• Elizabeth H. Boyer at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Boyer, Elizabeth H at The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
• Review of Wizard's War series.