Pamela Collins Dean Dyer-Bennet (born 1953), better known as Pamela Dean, is an American fantasy author whose best-known book is ''

Tam Lin Tam Lin, also known as Tamas-Lin, Tamlane, Tamlene, Tamlin, Tambling, Tomlin, Tam-Lien, Tam-a-Line, Tam-Lyn or Tam-Lane, is a character in the legendary ballad originating from the Scottish Borders. History The story of Tam Lin revolves around ...

'', based on the

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of the

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, in which the Scottish

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story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater,

Carleton College Carleton College ( ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1866, the main campus is between Northfield and the approximately Carleton ...

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Career

Dean has published six novels and a number of short stories. ''Tam Lin'' and ''The Dubious Hills'' were both nominated for the

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given annually for outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas. Established by the Mythopoeic Society in 1971, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award ...

, in 1992 and 1995 respectively. She was a member of the writing group

The Scribblies The Scribblies were a fantasy fiction group of writers formed in the United States, U.S. city of Minneapolis in January 1980. Members included Nate Bucklin, Emma Bull, Steven Brust, Kara Dalkey, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly and Patricia Wrede.Nove ...

, along with

Emma Bull Emma Bull (born December 13, 1954) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her novels include the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo- and Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula-nominated ''Bone Dance'' and the urban fantasy ''War for the Oa ...

Will Shetterly Will Shetterly (born 1955) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction best known for his novel '' Dogland'' (1997). The novel is inspired by his childhood at the tourist attraction Dog Land owned by his parents. He won the Minnesota B ...

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, Nate Bucklin,

Patricia Wrede Patricia Collins Wrede (; born March 27, 1953) is an American author of fantasy literature. She is known for her ''Enchanted Forest Chronicles'' series for young adults, which was voted number 84 in NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels list. Care ...

and

Steven Brust Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans livi ...

, and was a contributor to the

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shared-world anthologies. She is a member of the Pre-Joycean Fellowship. As of 2012, Dean reports that ''Going North,'' the future "joint sequel to ''The Dubious Hills'' and ''The Whim of the Dragon'', has been rejected by

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, leaving her to make further revisions and seek alternative methods for publication.

Personal life

Dean graduated from Carleton College in 1975. On 30 December 1982,Dyer-Bennet, David. "Pamela's and My Wedding"
/ref> she married fellow fan David Dyer-Bennet.

Bibliography

Novels

*''The Secret Country'' (1985, reissued in 2003) *''The Hidden Land'' (The Secret Country Trilogy, Vol. 2) (1986, reissued in 2003) *''The Whim of the Dragon'' (The Secret Country Trilogy, Vol. 3) (1989, reissued in 2003) *''

'' (1991, reissued in 2006) *''The Dubious Hills'' (1994, reissued in 2007) *''

Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary ''Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary'' is a 1998 fantasy novel by Pamela Dean. It is published by Tor Books, and based on Dean's 1989 short story of the same name, which appeared in the anthology ''Things That Go Bump in the Night'' edited by Jane Y ...

'' (1998)

Short stories

*"The Green Cat" (1985), in ''

'' anthology *"Two Houses in Saltigos" (1986), in ''Liavek: The Players of Luck'' anthology *"Paint the Meadows with Delight" (1987), in ''Liavek: Wizard's Row'' anthology *"The Last Part of the Tragic History of Acrilat" (1988), in ''Liavek: Spells of Binding'' anthology *"A Necessary End" (1990), in ''Liavek: Festival Week'' anthology *"Juniper, Gentian and Rosemary" (1989), in ''Things That Go Bump In The Night'' anthology *"Owlswater" (1993), in ''Xanadu'' anthology *"This Fair Gift" (1996), in ''Sisters in Fantasy II'' anthology *"Cousins" (2006), in ''Firebirds Rising'' anthology

Non-fiction

*"Read This" (1994), in ''

The New York Review of Science Fiction ''The New York Review of Science Fiction'' is a monthly literary magazine of science fiction that was established in 1988. It includes works of science fiction criticism, essays, and in-depth critical reviews of new works of fiction and scholarsh ...

'', April 1994

References

External links

Pamela Dean's web site
*
Bibliography
on SciFan
2001 Interview
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