Marion Zimmer Bradley has written at least 244 books. Their most popular book is The Mists Of Avalon with 282 saves with an average rating of 3.81⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Science fiction, and Adventure.
Marion Zimmer was born on a farm in Albany, New York, during the Great Depression. As a child, she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy stories. She began writing them herself in 1949 and sold her first story to Vortex in 1952. She also married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. Early in her career, she used pseudonyms for stories she wrote outside the speculative fiction genre, including some gay and lesbian pulp fiction novels such as I Am a Lesbian (1962). In 1964 she divorced her first husband and married numismatist Walter H. Breen. In 1965 she received her B.A. degree from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She then moved to Berkeley, California, to pursue graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1966, she co-founded the Society for Creative Anachronism. In 1967 she moved to Staten Island, New York. She separated from her second husband in 1979 but remained married and continued a business relationship, until 1990 when he was arrested on child molestation charges and they divorced. After suffering declining health for years, she died in Berkeley in 1999. In 2000, she was awarded the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement.
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0 released booksAs Brumas de Avalon is a 0-book series with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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7 primary books8 released booksAvalon is a 8-book series with 7 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Mindee Arnett, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Diana L. Paxson.
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4 primary booksAvalon (Chronological Order) is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Diana L. Paxson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Vincent van der Linden.
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7 primary books8 released booksAvalon: Chronological Order is a 8-book series with 7 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Rosemarie Hundertmarck, and Diana L. Paxson.
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4 primary booksAvalon (Publication Order) is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson, and Vincent van der Linden.
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3 primary booksBirthgrave is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1975 with contributions by Tanith Lee.
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1 primary bookChildren of Kings is a 1-book series first released in 2007 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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3 primary booksClingfire is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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2 primary booksDarkover is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1976 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross.
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9 primary booksDarkover Anthology is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1979 .
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15 primary booksDarkover (Chronological Order) is a 15-book series with 15 primary works first released in 1964 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Wilma Freitas Ronald de Carvalho, and 2 others.
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3 primary books4 released booksDarkover - Chronological Order is a 50-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1958 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mercedes Lackey, and 6 others.
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3 primary booksDarkover Omnibus is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1981 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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16 primary booksDarkover (Publication Order) is a 15-book series with 15 primary works first released in 1962 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Wilma Freitas Ronald de Carvalho, and Roberta Rambelli.
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32 primary booksDarkover - Publication Order is a 32-book series with 32 primary works first released in 1958 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mercedes Lackey, and 3 others.
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13 primary books14 released booksDarkover (Publication Order - Primary Works) is a 15-book series with 13 primary works first released in 1964 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Wilma Freitas Ronald de Carvalho, and A.B. Pinheiro de Lemos.
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4 primary booksDarkover - Publication Order - Primary Works is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1972 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Nicoletta Vallorani, and Alfredo Barcellos Pinheiro de Lemos.
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4 primary books5 released booksDread Empire is a 6-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by Glen Cook, Janet Fox, and 8 others.
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2 primary booksGlenraven is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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2 primary booksHunters is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1973 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Paul Edwin Zimmer.
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1 primary bookIl ciclo di Avalon is a 1-book series first released in 1992 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson.
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2 primary booksJ-horror is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1932 with contributions by A. Merritt and Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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1 released bookLa romance de Ténébreuse is a 4-book series first released in 2012 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Annette Vincent, and 2 others.
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4 primary booksLes Dames du lac is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson.
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4 primary booksLight is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Laura Whitcomb, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Marion Balkenhol.
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7 primary booksOccult Tales is a 7-book series with 7 primary works first released in 1972 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Andreas Nohl, and Marion Balkenhol.
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1 primary book4 released booksRenunciates is a 3-book series first released in 1976 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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8 primary booksSecond Age: After the Comyn is a 8-book series with 8 primary works first released in 1958 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Fred Kinzle.
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2 primary booksThe Fall of Atlantis is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Rosemarie Hundertmarck.
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1 primary bookThe Golden Age of Science Fiction is a 1-book series first released in 2010 with contributions by Charles V. de Vet, Charles W. Diffin, and 44 others.
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4 primary booksThe Mists of Avalon is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Maria Dulce Teles de Menezes, and Marco Aurelio Cesarino.
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5 primary booksThe Saga of the Trillium is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Andre Norton, and 2 others.
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11 primary books12 released booksThieves' World is a 14-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Lynn Abbey, and Janet E. Morris.