STARS
OF DARKOVER – not just the glorious night sky over the world of the Bloody Sun,
but the authors who have been inspired over the decades by Marion Zimmer
Bradley’s favorite world. It will be released on June 3, 2014, to celebrate Marion's 84th birthday.
Debra Doyle was
born in Florida and educated in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania --
the last at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her doctorate in
English literature, concentrating on Old English poetry. While living and
studying in Philadelphia, she met and married her collaborator, James D.
Macdonald, and subsequently traveled with him to Virginia, California, and the
Republic of Panamá. Various children, cats, and computers joined the household
along the way.
James Douglas Macdonald was born in White Plains, New York, the second of three children of W. Douglas Macdonald, a Chemical Engineer, and Margaret E. Macdonald, a professional artist. After leaving the University of Rochester, where he majored in Medieval Studies, he served in the U. S. Navy.
Doyle and Macdonald left the Navy and Panamá in 1988 in order to pursue writing full-time. They now live in a big 19th-Century house in Colebrook, New Hampshire, where they write science fiction and fantasy for children, teenagers, and adults.
James Douglas Macdonald was born in White Plains, New York, the second of three children of W. Douglas Macdonald, a Chemical Engineer, and Margaret E. Macdonald, a professional artist. After leaving the University of Rochester, where he majored in Medieval Studies, he served in the U. S. Navy.
Doyle and Macdonald left the Navy and Panamá in 1988 in order to pursue writing full-time. They now live in a big 19th-Century house in Colebrook, New Hampshire, where they write science fiction and fantasy for children, teenagers, and adults.
Deborah J. Ross: How did Marion Zimmer Bradley influence your writing career?
Debra Doyle: I was always interested in the clash-of-cultures aspect of
the Darkover stories, and the space-opera/planetary stories flavor that a lot
of them had. When I went on to write my own stuff, I knew that this
flavor was something that I wanted to include.
DJR: What inspired your story in Stars of Darkover?
DD: Jim Macdonald was in the Navy for about fifteen years, and I
was a Navy wife for a good part of that, so I couldn't help wondering what
Darkover was like as a duty station for those hapless Terrans who got posted
there, and what they told each other about how to make it through to the end of
a tour.
DJR: What have you written recently? What lies ahead? (feel free
to expound on your recent and forthcoming books!)
DD: Jim Macdonald and I have two novels forthcoming from Tor
Books, The Gates of Time and Emergency Magical Services: First Response.
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