duane

DD says:

"Some of you have heard a vague rumor that there is or was someone running around pretending to be me. There definitely was. The letter reproduced below (with some of the addresses redacted because they're no longer valid) is a copy of one originally published online and in various fanzines when the impostor was still on the loose. She was later located (by annoyed Star Trek fans) and arrested -- because she had stolen many other identities besides mine and committed various frauds using them -- and spent some years in jail in several different states. Now, however, I've received some scattered evidence that she's out again, and is starting to go back to her old tricks. I'm therefore placing a copy of this letter here so that people will know the circumstances of the previous imposture: it seems possible that this lady may repeat her pattern."

Diane Duane has been a writer of science fiction, fantasy, TV and film for more than thirty years.

Besides the 1980's creation of the Young Wizards fantasy series for which she's best known, the "Middle Kingdoms" epic fantasy series, and numerous stand-alone fantasy or science fiction novels, her career has included extensive work in the Star Trek ^TM universe, and many scripts for live-action and animated TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as work in comics and computer games. She has spent a considerable amount of time on the New York Times Bestseller List and has picked up various awards and award nominations here and there.

She lives in County Wicklow, in Ireland, with her husband of twenty years, the screenwriter and novelist Peter Morwood.

A more complete biography is here: DD's full bibliography / filmography is here.

Her favorite color is blue, her favorite food is a weird kind of Swiss scrambled-potato dish called maluns, she was born in a Year of the Dragon, and her sign is "Runway 24 Left, Hold For Clearance."

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