Elizabeth Hand

Elizabeth Hand (b. March 29 1957) is an American writer.Hand grew up in Yonkers and Pound Ridge, New York. She studied drama and anthropology at the Catholic University of America. Since 1988, Hand has lived in coastal Maine, the setting for many of her stories.Hand's first story was published in 1988, and her first novel, Winterlong, was published in 1990. With Paul Witcover, she created and wrote DC Comics' 1990s post-punk cult series Anima.[1] Hand's other works are "Aestival Tide (1992)," "Icarus Descending (1993),"Waking the Moon (1994), which won the James Tiptree Jr. Award and Mythopoeic Society Award; the post-apocalypse novel "Glimmering (1997);" contemporary fantasy Black Light (1999), a New York Times Notable Book; the historical fantasy Mortal Love (2004), a Washington Post Notable Book; and the psychological thriller "Generation Loss" (2007). Her story collections are Last Summer at Mars Hill (1998) (which includes the Nebula and World Fantasy award-winning title novella); "Bibliomancy" (2002), winner of the World Fantasy Award; and "Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories," which includes the Nebula Award-winning "Echo"(2006).
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