Élisabeth Vonarburg (born 5 August 1947) is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris (France) and has lived in Chicoutimi (now Saguenay), Quebec, Canada since 1973.

Élisabeth Vonarburg
Élisabeth Vonarburg in 2013
Élisabeth Vonarburg in 2013
Born (1947-08-05) August 5, 1947 (age 77)
Paris, France
OccupationScience fiction writer
NationalityCanadian
Period1980–present
GenreFantasy, Historical
Notable worksChroniques du Pays des Mères

From 1979 to 1990 she was the literary director of the French-Canadian science fiction magazine Solaris. Her first novel, Le Silence de la Cité (The Silence in the City), appeared in 1981.

She has received several awards, including "Le Grand Prix de la SF française" in 1982 and a Philip K. Dick Award special citation in 1992 for In the Mothers' Land the English version of Chroniques du pays des mères.

She is the author of Cycle de Tyranaël.

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Series

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Maerlande

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Original Release Title (French) English Release Title (English)
1981 Le Silence de la cité 1988 The Silent City
1992 Chroniques du Pays des Mères 1992 In the Mothers' Land

Tyranaël

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Original Release Title (French) English Release Title (English)
1994 Contes de Tyranaël
1996 Les rêves de la mer 2003 Dreams of the Sea
1996 Le jeu de la perfection 2005 A Game of Perfection
1997 Mon frère l'ombre
1997 L'Autre Rivage
1997 La Mer allée avec le soleil

Reine de Mémoire

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Original Release Title (French)
2005 La maison d'oubli
2006 Le dragon de feu
2006 Le dragon fou
2007 La princesse de vengeance
2007 La maison d'équité

Les Pierres et les Roses

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Original Release Title (French)
2018 La voie des pierres
2018 La voie des roses
2018 La balance et le sablier

Other novels and story collections

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Original Release Title (French) English Release Title (English)
1980 L'Œil de la nuit
1984 Janus 2000 most stories collected in Slow Engines of Time
1990 Ailleurs et au Japon
1990 L'histoire de la princesse et du dragon
1993 Les Contes de la chatte rouge
1994 Les Voyageurs malgré eux 1995 Reluctant Voyagers
1999 Sang et pierre 2009 most stories collected in Blood Out of Stone
2003 La maison au bord de la mer
2003 Le jeu des coquilles de Nautilus
2013 La musique du soleil
2014 Hôtel Olympia
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