Tanith Lee, an author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, has died. She was 67 years old.
The British author wrote more than 90 books and 300 short stories, as well as poems, four several radio plays, and television episodes. Lee’s publisher Tor revealed the sad news on their website yesterday. Here is more about Lee’s life from Tor:
Born in 1947 to two professional dancers, Lee grew up with a love of weird fiction, sci-fi, and Shakespeare. Struggling with then-undiagnosed dyslexia, Lee was unable to read until the age of 8, when her father taught her. Thereafter, she made up for lost time, publishing her first vignette at the age of 21. She worked various jobs as file clerk and assistant librarian as she sent out her work. Her first published novels were children’s fantasies The Dragon Hoard and Animal Castle, published by Macmillan in 1971 and 1972.