Jane Suzanne Fancher (born 1952) is a

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and

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author and artist.

Work

In the early 1980s, she worked for

Warp Graphics WaRP Graphics, later Warp Graphics, is an alternative comics publisher best known for creating and being the original publisher of the ''Elfquest'' comic book series. It was created and incorporated in 1977 by Wendy and Richard Pini. The compan ...

as an art assistant on ''

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'', providing inking assistance on the black and white

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and coloring on Books 2 and 3 of the original

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reprints. Reprint editions omitted her name from the art credits, and later graphic novel editions used different coloring. She adapted portions of C. J. Cherryh's '' Gate of Ivrel'', the first novel in Cherryh's '' Morgaine'' series. ''Gate of Ivrel: No. 1'' (1985) was a self-published black and white comic book that lasted one issue. Fancher expanded the material in color intending a series of graphic novels: '' Gate of Ivrel: Claiming Rites'' (1986) and '' Gate of Ivrel: Fever Dreams'' (1987). The adaptations were done in collaboration with Cherryh. She did not complete the series, but the experience led to Fancher becoming a prose author herself, as well as frequent professional collaboration and eventual marriage with Cherryh. Fancher's books include the "Groundties" series, as well as the "Dance of the Rings" trilogy: ''Ring of Lightning'' (1995); ''Ring of Intrigue'' (1997), and ''Ring of Destiny'' (1999). The "Groundties" trilogy (''Groundties'', ''Uplink'', ''Harmonies of the 'Net'') was published in

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form in 2011. There is also a prequel, titled the '''NetWalkers''. Fancher, Cherryh and author

Lynn Abbey Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey (born September 18, 1948) is an American fantasy author. Background Lynn Abbey was born in Peekskill, New York. She attended the University of Rochester, where she began as an astrophysics major. She earned a A.B. ( ...

run an online publishing house, Closed Circle, to market their own work.http://www.closed-circle.net/ Closed Circle

Personal life

Fancher was born in Renton, Washington
MisCon 28 2014 on October 24, 1952. She has virtual degrees in Physics and Anthropology from Washington State University and training in computer programming, psychology, philosophy, and history. Fancher currently lives in

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south o ...

with what she mischievously calls her 'spousal unit',
Fancher's own term for her partner science fiction writer C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherry). The two had been domestic partners for years before being married on May 17, 2014.

Bibliography

; Illustrated adaptations with C. J. Cherryh * ''Gate of Ivrel: Fever Dreams'' (April 1989), * ''Gate of Ivrel: Claiming Rites'' (April 1989), ; Illustration *''Elfquest Book 2'' by Wendy and Richard Pini (June 1982), ; As J. S. Fancher * ''GroundTies'' (October 1991), *''Uplink'' (March 1992), * ''Harmonies of the 'Net'' (October 1992), ; As Jane S. Fancher * ''Dance of The Rings'' series ** ''Ring of Lightning'' (June 1995), ** ''Ring of Intrigue'' (January 1997), **''Ring of Destiny'' (December 1999), ; As J. Fancher * ''Blood Red Moon: Nights of the Blood Red Moon Vol 1'' (April 2011), ; Ebooks only * ''Rings of Change: Allizant'' * ''Nights of the Blood Red Moon Flux: A BRM Short Story: A Tale from the Alexander Years'' (2011) * Netwalkers: Part I Partners'' * Netwalkers: Part II: Of Mentors and Mimetrons'', * ''Netwalkers: Omnibus'' (prequel to ''GroundTies''), containing ''Partners and Of Mentors and Mimetrons'' * ''Netwalkers: Book II Wild Cards'', * ''Netwalkers: Book III NeXus'', ; with C. J. Cherryh * ''

Chernevog ''Chernevog'' is a Fantasy literature, fantasy novel by American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. It was first published in September 1990 in the United States in a hardcover edition by Ballantine Books under its Del Rey Books ...

'' (revised ebook edition; 2012) * '' Alliance Rising'' (2019) –

Prometheus Award The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society. American author and activist L. Neil Smith established the Best Novel category for the award in 1979; however, it was not award ...

winner 2020, * ''Defiance'' (2023), part of the

Foreigner series The ''Foreigner'' series is a science fiction book series set in a fictional universe created by American writer C. J. Cherryh. The series centers on the descendants of a ship lost in transit from Earth en route to found a new space station. ...

References

External links

Official website
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