Jody Lynn Nye

Jody Lynn Nye is a highly accomplished American author, best known for her work in the genres of epic fantasy and science fiction. One of her most popular series is 'The Dreamland', which has captivated readers with its imaginative storytelling. In addition to her own series, Nye has also contributed to other notable works such as 'The Planet Pirates' and 'Myth Adventures'.

Prior to her full-time writing career, Nye gained valuable experience in various fields including working as a file clerk, book-keeper at a small publishing house, freelance journalist and photographer, accounting assistant, and costume maker. She also spent four years working at a local Chicago television station, WFBN (WGBO), where she served as the Technical Operations Manager during her final year. During her time at WFBN, Nye was part of the engineering team that built the station, acted as Technical Director during live sports broadcasts, and worked to produce in-house spots and public service announcements.

Nye is also an active member of the writing community. She has taught in numerous writing workshops, participated in hundreds of panels on writing and being published at science-fiction conventions, and spoken in schools and libraries around the north and northwest suburbs. In 2007, she taught fantasy writing at Columbia College Chicago. Nye also runs the two-day writers workshop at DragonCon and serves as a judge for the Writers of the Future contest, the largest speculative fiction contest in the world. She currently resides in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with her husband Bill Fawcett, who is also a writer, game designer, military historian, and book packager, and their three feline overlords, Athena, Minx, and Marmalade.
Bright Sparks Books (with Travis S. Taylor)
# Title Year
1 Moon Beam 2017
2 Moon Tracks 2019
Crossroads Adventure Books
# Title Year
1 Dzurlord A Crossroads Adventure 1987
2 Revolt on Majipoor 1987
3 Dragonharper 1987
4 Prospero's Isle: A Crossroads Adventure in the World of L. Sprague De Camp and Fletcher Pratt's Incomplete Enchanter 1987
5 Warhorn: In The World Of Lynn Abbey's Rifkind, Daughter Of The Bright Moon 1987
6 Encyclopedia of Xanth 1987
7 Seven No-Trump 1988
8 Dragonfire: McCaffrey's Pern 1988
9 Ghost of a Chance 1988
10 Fate's Trick 1988
11 Storm of Dust: Take Bath-Cn 1998
Doona Books
# Title Year
1 Decision at Doona 1969
2 Crisis on Doona 1992
3 Treaty at Doona / Treaty Planet 1994
Dreamland Books
# Title Year
1 Waking in Dreamland 1998
2 School of Light 1999
3 Grand Tour 2000
Exiled Books
# Title Year
1 Clan of the Claw 2011
2 By Tooth and Claw 2015
Griffen McCandles Books
# Title Year
1 Dragons Wild 2008
2 Dragons Luck 2009
3 Dragons Deal 2010
4 Robert Asprin's Dragons Run 2013
Imperium Books
# Title Year
1 The View from the Imperium 2011
2 Fortunes of the Imperium 2014
3 Rhythm of the Imperium 2015
Mythology Books
# Title Year
1 Mythology 101 1990
2 Mythology Abroad 1991
3 Higher Mythology 1993
4 Advanced Mythology 1999
5 Applied Mythology 2000
Planet Pirates Books
# Title Year
1 Sassinak 1990
2 The Death of Sleep 1990
3 Generation Warriors 1991
Planet Pirates Series in Chronological Order
# Title Year
1 The Death of Sleep 1990
2 Sassinak 1990
3 Generation Warriors 1991
Taylor's Ark Books
# Title Year
1 Taylor's Ark 1993
2 Medicine Show 1994
3 The Lady and the Tiger 2004
Tildi Summerbee Books
# Title Year
1 An Unexpected Apprentice 2007
2 A Forthcoming Wizard 2009
Wolfe Pack Books
# Title Year
1 Strong-Arm Tactics 2005
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 The Magic Touch 1996
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern 1989
2 Pros and Cons 2016
Collections
# Title Year
1 A Circle of Celebrations: The Complete Edition 2014
2 Daring 2018
Black Tide Rising Books
# Title Year
1 Under a Graveyard Sky 2013
2 To Sail a Darkling Sea 2014
3 Islands of Rage & Hope 2014
4 Strands of Sorrow 2014
5 Black Tide Rising 2016
6 The Valley of Shadows 2018
7 Voices of the Fall 2019
8 River of Night 2019
9 At the End of the World 2020
10 At the End of the Journey 2021
11 We Shall Rise 2021
12 United We Stand 2024
Brainship Books
# Title Year
1 The Ship Who Sang 1969
2 The Ship Who Searched 1992
3 PartnerShip 1992
4 The City Who Fought 1993
5 The Ship Who Won 1993
6 The Ship Errant 1996
7 The Ship Avenged 1997
Four Horsemen Tales Books
# Title Year
1 Legend 2018
2 Weaver 2018
3 The Colchis Job 2018
4 Tales from the Lyon's Den 2018
5 When Eagles Dare 2018
6 Free Bird Rising 2019
7 Hunter 2019
8 With Your Shield 2019
9 The Feeding of Sorrows 2019
10 Spartan's Specialists 2019
11 Negotiation 2019
12 Jim Cartwright: Raknar Quest 2019
Myth Adventures Books
# Title Year
1 Another Fine Myth 1978
2 Myth Conceptions 1980
3 Myth Directions 1982
4 Hit or Myth 1983
5 Myth-ing Persons 1984
6 Little Myth Marker 1985
7 M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link 1986
8 Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections 1987
9 M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action 1990
10 Sweet Myth-tery of Life 1994
11 Myth-ion Improbable 2001
12 Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. 2002
13 Myth Alliances 2003
14 Class Dis-Mythed 2005
15 Myth-Taken Identity 2005
16 Myth-Gotten Gains 2006
17 Myth-Chief 2008
18 Myth-Fortunes 2008
19 Myth-Quoted 2012
20 Myth-Fits 2016
Myth Adventures Collections (with Robert Asprin)
# Title Year
1 Myth-Told Tales 2003
Stellar Guild Books
# Title Year
1 Tau Ceti 2011
2 On the Train 2012
3 When the Blue Shift Comes 2012
4 New Under the Sun 2013
5 The Aethers of Mars 2014
6 Red Tide 2014
7 Inci 2015
8 Wishing on a Star 2015
Thieves' World Books
# Title Year
1 Thieves' World 1979
2 Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn 1980
3 Shadows of Sanctuary 1981
4 Storm Season 1982
5 The Face of Chaos 1983
6 Wings of Omen 1984
7 The Dead of Winter 1985
8 Soul of the City 1986
9 Blood Ties 1986
10 Aftermath 1987
11 Uneasy Alliances 1988
12 Stealers' Sky 1989
13 Sanctuary 2002
14 Turning Points 2002
15 Enemies of Fortune 2004
Monster Hunter International Books
# Title Year
1 Monster Hunter International 2009
2 Monster Hunter Vendetta 2010
3 Monster Hunter Alpha 2011
4 Monster Hunter Legion 2012
5 Monster Hunter Nemesis 2014
6 Monster Hunter Siege 2017
7 The Monster Hunter Files 2017
8 Monster Hunter Guardian 2019
9 Monster Hunter Bloodlines 2021
Jody Lynn Nye Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Shadows of Sanctuary 1981
2 The Far Stars War 1990
3 The Siege of Arsita 1991
4 The Crafters 1991
5 Dante's Disciples 1991
6 The Gods of War 1992
7 Battlestations 1992
8 Amazing Stories Magazine #577, December 1992 1992
9 Dragon's Eye 1994
10 The Day the Magic Stopped 1995
11 Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear 1996
12 Anne McCaffrey's Unicorn Girl 1997
13 Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance 2000
14 The Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess 2001
15 A Constellation of Cats 2001
16 Heaven and Hell: An Anthology of Whimsical Stories 2002
17 Masters of Fantasy 2004
18 Low Port 2004
19 Totally Charmed 2005
20 The Battle for Azeroth 2006
21 Here Be Dragons 2008
22 The Fleet 2011
23 Westward Weird 2012
24 Cast of Characters 2012
25 Unidentified Funny Objects 2012
26 Launch Pad 2013
27 Unidentified Funny Objects 2 2013
28 Bad-Ass Faeries: It's Elemental 2014
29 One Horn to Rule Them All: A Purple Unicorn Anthology 2014
30 Unidentified Funny Objects 3 2014
31 A Game of Horns: A Red Unicorn Anthology 2015
32 Unidentified Funny Objects 4 2015
33 Naughty or Nice 2015
34 Gaslight & Grimm: Steampunk Faerie Tales 2016
35 Black Tide Rising 2016
36 Unidentified Funny Objects 5 2016
37 Humanity 2.0 2016
38 Dragon Writers 2016
39 Funny Horror 2017
40 Little Green Men—Attack! 2017
41 The Baker Street Irregulars 2017
42 The Best of Bad-Ass Faeries 2017
43 Mech: Age of Steel 2017
44 Straight Outta Tombstone 2017
45 Humans Wanted 2017
46 Submerged 2017
47 Unidentified Funny Objects 6 2017
48 Infinite Stars 2017
49 Children of Time: The Companions of Doctor Who 2018
50 Tales of Ruma 2018
51 Release the Virgins 2019
52 Unlocking the Magic 2019
53 Footprints in the Stars 2019
54 Parallel Worlds: The Heroes Within 2019
55 Across the Universe 2019
56 Luna: Planetary Anthology 2020
57 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 2020
58 Give Me LibertyCon 2020
59 Witches, Warriors, and Wise Women 2020
60 Unidentified Funny Objects 8 2020
61 Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2021 2021
62 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37 2021
63 Three Time Travelers Walk Into... 2022
64 Unidentified Funny Objects 9 2022
65 Murderbirds: Unhelpful Encyclopedia Vol. 1 2023
66 Bonds of Valor 2023
67 Hidden Villains: Arise 2023
68 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 2023
69 Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Issue #1 2023