Elisabeth Waters

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  • Bibliography:
    61 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1985
  • Latest Book:
    December 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Magic in Suburbia

1 - Tell Me a Story (Sep-2012)
2 - Golden Vanity (Aug-2012)
4 - Ice Princess (Aug-2012)
6 - Weather Witch (Aug-2012)
7 - Things That Go Grump in the Night (Aug-2012)
8 - A Prince Among Frogs (Aug-2012)

Treasures of Albion

1 - The Blade of Unmaking (Oct-2010)

Multi-Author Series List

Darkover

A Capella (Apr-1994)

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress

22 - Sword and Sorceress XXII (Nov-2007)
23 - Sword and Sorceress XXIII (Nov-2008)
24 - Sword and Sorceress XXIV (Nov-2009)
25 - Sword and Sorceress XXV (Nov-2010)
26 - Sword and Sorceress XXVI (Nov-2011)
27 - Sword and Sorceress 27 (Jun-2014)
28 - Sword and Sorceress 28 (Nov-2013)
29 - Sword and Sorceress 29 (Nov-2014)
30 - Sword and Sorceress 30 (Nov-2015)
31 - Sword and Sorceress 31 (Nov-2016)
32 - Sword and Sorceress 32 (Nov-2017)
33 - Sword and Sorceress 33 (Nov-2018)
34 - Sword and Sorceress 34 (Nov-2019)

Book List in Order: 61 titles

  • Cold Spell

    Eirthe was very annoyed when an evil wizard placed a cold curse on her. Not only did it interfere with her candlemaking business, but it really upset her pet salamander. This story originally appeared in MAGIC IN ITHKAR in 1985....

  • The Dragon's Horde

  • Gunnora's Gift

  • The Lesser Twin

    Blood may be thicker than water, but is it thicker than everything? Just how far can you go to protect your sister from herself?This story first appeared in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine, issue 9, September 1990....

  • A Proper Escort

    in Renunciates of Darkover

  • Out of the Frying Pan

  • Changing Fate

    In charge of running her absent father's keep, Lady Acila conceals a deep, dark secret--she is a shapechanger, a being feared and despised by the people of her world--until circumstances force her out into the world...

  • A Capella

    in Snows of Darkover
    Darkover

    Noted authors--such as Mercedes Lackey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana Paxson, and others--return to Darkover, the planet of the Bloody Sun where a wall of ice separates man from the snowy wasteland. Original....

  • Blood Calls to Blood

    in Chicks in Chainmail

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...



  • Our Father's Gold

    in Space Opera

    Twenty original science fiction tales based on the theme of music--by such authors as Marion Zimmer Bradley, Charles de Lint, and Gene Wolfe--include the story of a singer whose ear for music helps her fight crime. Original....

  • Bed of Roses

    Having your little brother captured by an evil wizard is a real problem. But is teaming up with your rejected suitor to rescue him really the best solution? This story originally appeared in Sword & Sorceress 18, May 2001....

  • The Keeper's Price

  • A Woman's Privilege

    Akila's home is being invaded, and she is determined to get herself and her twin brother out alive--even if she has to turn into a sword to do it.Note: this story later became the beginning of the novel Changing Fate. It was originally published in S...

  • Sword and Sorceress XXII

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 22

    WOMEN OF MAGIC AND VALOR...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of popular and acclaimed authors including Mercedes Lackey, Jennifer Roberson, and a hos...

  • Sword and Sorceress XXIII

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 23

    WOMEN OF POWER AND ENCHANTMENT . . .

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of popular and acclaimed writers including Mercedes Lackey (who returns to grac...

  • The Alton Gift

  • Sword and Sorceress XXIV

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 24

    Women of Chivalry and Prophecy...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey, La...

  • Child of the Heart

    The Oath of the Free Amazons requires a Renunciate to send any son she bears away to be fostered, but what does giving up her child do to the mother - or to the son?This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology FREE AMAZONS OF DARKOVE...

  • Meeting of Minds

    The MacAran gift is rapport with animals. Sometimes this gift is useful, sometimes it's a nuisance, and sometimes it's just plain strange...This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology LERONI OF DARKOVER, November 1991. Reprinted by ...



  • Playfellow

    Hilary Castamir had a little trouble adjusting to life at Arilinn Tower. Many children have imaginary friends, but Hilary's wasn't imaginary.This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology RED SUN OF DARKOVER, November 1987....

  • Rebirth

  • Sin Catenas

    Wives are supposed to obey their hubands, and children their parents - but shouldn't there be a limit somewhere?This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology FOUR MOONS OF DARKOVER, Nov 1988....

  • The Birthday Gift

    For her fourteenth birthday, Princess Rowena gets an unusual gift from her Aunt Frideswide, a sorceress. But this gift isn't the boon it sounded like in the fairy tale, and it attracts the interest of the local dragon. When Rowena is abducted, Aunt F...

  • Change-Child

    Druscilla is very surprised when her daughter changes into a cat. But the child is only eight months old, and shape-changing cannot be undone by outside force. Now Druscilla will either have to persuade her daughter to change back or learn to live wi...

  • Shadowlands

    Oriana is too young to be a widow and totally unprepared for her husband's sudden death. He had taught her magic, including the spell Orfeo used to travel to the Underworld to bring his wife back, so Oriana decides to go there to save her husband. Bu...

  • Trees of Avalon

    An uninvited guest can be a bother, especially if he's under a spell that prevents him from leaving. Eliona is a dryad, living peacefully in her tree in the Sacred Grove, until Nimue's spell binds the Merlin to her and makes him Eliona's permanent gu...

  • The Sixth String

    The qin, or guqin, is an instrument filled with symbolism. It originally had five strings for the five elements: metal, water, fire, wood, and earth. Then two emperors, for different reasons, added one apiece, bringing the total to seven strings, eac...

  • Midsummer Folly

    A journeyman mage discovers that the house she's staying in is haunted its previous owner... who wants her to bring him back to life.This story was originally published in the anthology LAMMAS NIGHT, Jan 1996...

  • The Blade of Unmaking

    Treasures of Albion - 1

    Alyssa's parents wanted a son, and have never let her forget it. Despite her best efforts, they still dislike her. But that which does not kill you makes you strong, and when two mages arrive to take her on a quest for the Blade of Unmaking, she will...



  • Salt and Sorcery

  • Sword and Sorceress XXV

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 25

    Women of Sorcery and Conquest...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey, Lau...

  • The School up the Hill

    Start with a school full of students learning weather magic. Add a young girl from Valdemar who doesn't believe in the mage gifts she's developing. Before you know it, you'll have quite a mess to deal with. This story was originally published in the ...

  • Crosswort Puzzle

    While doing an internship as a mage in the customs office, Laurel accidentally lets in a shipment that isn't as harmless as it looked on paper. This story originally appeared in Sword & Sorceress 22, Nov 2007....

  • Daughter of Heaven

    Laurel expects to be stuck working in the Customs House forever (or until her brother Stephen passes his magical Ordeal, whichever comes first), but she finds something in a batch of documents with a shipment from China that will change her life. Of ...

  • Sceptre of the Ungodly

    It was one of those 'good news, bad news' days for Edward. He was informed that had been Chosen to be a Guardian, which was a great honor, but the Treasure he had been picked to guard was an anti-Treasure -- the kind of Treasure that likes to kill pe...

  • Sword and Sorceress XXVI

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 26

    Women of Sorcery and Conquest...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Laurell K. Hamilto...

  • A Rhumba of Rattlesnakes

  • Golden Vanity

    Magic in Suburbia - 2

    Edward wanted to be a knight. But there's a right way and a wrong way to do that, and if he wouldn't do it correctly... perhaps he needed some help. This story originally appeared in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, issue #1, August 1989....

  • Ice Princess

    Magic in Suburbia - 4

    Sharon is a dedicated ice skater, and her life revolves around competitions where the difference between Gold and Silver can be a tenth of a point. But when she's taken into another world which is caught in the grip of an Ice Spell, she discovers tha...



  • Line Dancing

  • A Prince Among Frogs

    Magic in Suburbia - 8

    Be careful what you wish for ... Jan, a stage magician, wants a new act for her show. Florian, a prince, wants to be a hero, so he sets out to rescue a princess abducted by a dragon. But Princess Rowena doesn't want to be rescued, so Florian is sudde...

  • Things That Go Grump in the Night

    Magic in Suburbia - 7

    Julian Evans was a teenager with very sloppy, absent-minded parents, and he was tired of cleaning up after them. So when he managed to attract a brownie to his home, he thought his problems were solved. But he didn't realize how his parents were goin...

  • Weather Witch

    Magic in Suburbia - 6

  • Tell Me a Story

    Magic in Suburbia - 1

    It's one thing for a disorganized author to joke about having "a time warp on my desk for losing important papers into." It's quite another thing to discover that the "time warp" is real, and that papers are not the only thing it can swallow up.This ...

  • A Charm of Finches

    Maja was happy living in the Temple of Thenoth, Lord of the Beasts, in Haven; it was a place that could use her gift of Animal Mindspeech and her love of animals. But the arrival of a hysterical little girl and her injured finch started a chain of ev...

  • Inquisition for Blood

    Ah, trials of the scholastic life! The term hasn't even begun, and Lady Wizard Sarras is having major problems. She is (a) in charge of the department, albeit temporarily, which is a challenge, and (b) having to make up the Master Schedule, which is ...

  • A Storytelling of Crows

    Maia was having a strange day. First there was the injured horse that wasn't a horse, along with a badly injured woman, and then there was the discovery that her brother was a bandit. Now she's stuck in the Forest of Sorrows, trying to take care of t...

  • Truth in the Inward Parts

    When April's boss calls the office and tells her he's locked in a closet with a dead body and can't get out, she's surprised. After all, he is the Guardian of the Key of Solomon, which can open any lock. But for some reason the Key won't work whereve...

  • Magic in Suburbia

    "A captivating and sometimes whimsical collection of short stories from a talented writer. I thoroughly enjoyed them!"--Nalini Singh, New York Times Bestselling AuthorThis is a collection of eight short stories that can best be called suburban fantas...



  • A Leash of Greyhounds

    Lena, who has Animal Mindspeech and normally lives at the Temple of Thenoth, Lord of the Beasts, has been sent to stay with Lady Shantell, a friend of her late mother. While she is there, however, Lady Shantell's husband is killed in a hunting accide...

  • The Princess, the Dragon, and the Frog Prince

    This is a collection of connected stories: * The Birthday Gift, by Elisabeth Waters * Dragon in Distress, by Mercedes Lackey & Elisabeth Waters * The Dragon's Horde, by Elisabeth Waters & Raul S. Reyes * A Prince Among Frogs, by Elisabeth WatersThe s...

  • Sword and Sorceress 28

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 28

    Women of Steel and Spells...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey, Laur...

  • Sword and Sorceress 27

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 27

    Women of Strength and Magic...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey, Laure...

  • Sword and Sorceress 29

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 29

    Women of Courage and Sorcery...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey, L...

  • Sword and Sorceress 30

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 30

    Women of Enchantment and Valor...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey,...

  • Sword and Sorceress 31

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 31

    Women of Magic and Wisdom... For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey, Laurell K. Ha...

  • Sword and Sorceress 32

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 32

    Sword and Sorceress 32 Women of Sorcery and Courage...

    For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years incl...

  • Sword and Sorceress 33

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 33

    Women of Wisdom and Power... For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey, Laurell K. Ha...

  • Sword and Sorceress 34

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress - 34

    Women of Alchemy and Swordplay... For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a new generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Mercedes Lackey, Laurell ...

  • Ski the Hellers

  • Mending Fate

    • / Dark Fantasy
    • Buy Buy

    Seventeen year-old shape-changer Zora lives at the isolated estate Eagle's Rest, where she has spent her entire life being trained to be the next priestess of the Earth Mother. But when the old priestess dies, the Goddess chooses her cousin Kassie in...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elisabeth Waters has published 61 books.

Elisabeth Waters does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Ski the Hellers, was published in December 2020.

The first book by Elisabeth Waters, Cold Spell, was published in May 1985.

Yes. Elisabeth Waters has 2 series.
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