From archive (archive) Subject: Author Lists: Diane Duane From: JWenn.ESAE@XEROX.COM Date: 4 Mar 89 18:49:19 GMT I've really enjoyed all of Diane Duane's work, and there is very few authors I can say that about. "So You Want to Be a Wizard" contains a really great alternate New York that makes so much sense, that personally, I'm not sure that it's completely alternate (complete with killer taxis, menacing subway cars, intelligent rats, and a dragon in the subway). She's one of the top quality Star Trek novelists (an honor she shares with John M. Ford). And her Door into XXX series is a fantasy where the setting (magic, theology, politics) is not just window dressing, but is necessary for the entire story. Her other work includes (flip, flip. flip) stories in some of the later THIEVES' WORLD anthologies (#6 and above), several issues of the STAR TREK comic book, some TV cartoon stories, and a computer game (Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative). She's currently living in Ireland with her husband Peter Morwood. [J] == The book is for juveniles (however you define them) /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com +sign-off;-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Duane, Diane [U.S.A., ] The Tales of the Five Tetralogy: The Door into Fire [1979, 1984] The Door into Shadow [1983] The Door into Sunset [expected 1990?] The Door into Starlight [projected title] In Series: [J] So You Want to Be a Wizard [1983] Deep Wizardry [1985] [and an as yet untitled novel] [expected 1990?] The Wounded Sky [1983] My Enemy, My Ally [1984] Spock's World [1988] Duane, Diane & Morwood, Peter The Romulan Way [1987] From archive (archive) Subject: There's an impostor Diane Duane From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) Organization: Life is just a Fantasy novel played for keeps Date: 26 May 89 17:29:17 GMT The following is from Diane Duane. Messages to her can be forwarded through me as well as the address enclosed. chuq ----- From Diane Duane: This is to warn Star Trek and other fan groups, and anyone else with an interest, that a woman in the US has been posing as me, at cons and elsewhere, so far primarily in the West and Hawaii. Please let it be known from the start that I'm presently resident outside of the US, and plan to be so for the foreseeable future. Any Diane Duane giving you a home mailing address in the US is not the genuine item. The real one can always be contacted c/o Donald Maass Literary Agency, 64 W. 84th Street, NYC NY 10024, or at the address at the bottom of this letter. The real name of the impostor is presently unknown to me, though so far she has used as an alias, among others, a name ending in "Ringwald". She is about 5' 4", stocky, about 150-160 pounds, with close-cropped dark hair. (For comparison, I am 5' 7", about 120 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair.) The impostor has two young daughters. To my present knowledge, she first appeared as me in Denver, in September 1988, at a media convention there -- Starfest '88 -- where she discussed plans for a future Star Trek novel (about Starfleet Academy) with numerous fans, and passed out "Diane Duane" business cards. (She was not an official or invited guest of the con: she paid her own way, having stated to the people running the convention that she wanted to attend it "incognito" for research purposes.) The address she was giving at this point was in Littleton CO, in the Denver area. The people who saw her report her as being extremely familiar with my work and with Trek in general, so they had no reason to doubt her story. Around the beginning of '89, she was apparently living at a military base in Hawaii -- whether as a servicewoman herself, or with someone else, is unclear, though she appeared in uniform on occasion, and at least one person claims to have seen her driving a military vehicle. At that time she made the acquaintance of a local Star Trek club in Hawaii, telling them also that she was me. She also set up at least one speaking engagement, as me, at a local library, on February 10th: she had another person set up for her a talk-show interview on a local radio station, and she also arranged three author signings of SPOCK'S WORLD at various Hawaiian branches of Waldenbooks, scheduled for the beginning of March. She was apparently taking orders for various Star Trek items as well -- her checks for these, to various Denver retailers, either bounced or turned out to have been drawn on a closed account on the mainland. She dropped out of sight just before the speaking engagement at the library. People who tried to contact her by phone got a phone message saying that she had gone to Australia for the reading of her husband's will. At the beginning of March she turned up again, again mentioning the death of her husband in a fire, but also speaking of having been to a large Star Trek convention somewhere on the East Coast of the US during that period. No one is really sure of where she was. She then moved in with a friend from the Trek club for about a week and a half: during this period she seems to have done some temporary secretarial work for Manpower in Hawaii. The woman then vanished again around the end of March, after being taken to the airport with her children by an acquaintance. There's been no news of her since. Possibly the reason she did not turn up for any of the signings was that she knew the FBI and both Army and Air Force military intelligence were searching for her -- for passing bad checks, and for previously attempting to pass herself off as a military intelligence officer. (Apparently the Waldenbooks store manager became suspicious, having seen my picture in Xignals and realizing that he wasn't dealing with the same person.) Evidence found by the military intelligence people in the house where the woman had been staying indicates that she was attempting to procure drivers' licenses and other ID in various names other than her own. (One application apparently listed Leonard Nimoy as "father".) I'm concerned about the possibility of people being cheated by this woman if she should surface again, since she apparently has a long history of impostures, and seems unlikely to just stop. All interested, please note that I have only one remaining Stateside convention commitment this year -- to Noreascon III. As of this writing, no other Duane con appearances in the US are even slightly likely to be mine. I would appreciate it a great deal if the fan network passed the word around about this woman, so that we can keep anyone else from being cheated. In addition, if anyone who had books signed by her in Denver or elsewhere will get in touch with me at the address below, I'll be delighted to arrange to replace the bogus signature with a real one. Finally, if anyone else has been in contact with this woman in the past, or knows someone who has: or if anyone hears about someone who sounds like her (i.e., my name, her description), at a con or elsewhere, I would be very glad to hear from you. If you think you met Diane Duane at any US convention during the past year and a half or so, please get in touch with me at the following address: Diane Duane-Smyth, c/o The Sloane Club, 52 Lower Sloane Street, London SW1W 8BS. Thanks, all. Best, Diane Duane Chuq Von Rospach =|= Editor,OtherRealms =|= Member SFWA/ASFA chuq@apple.com =|= CI$: 73317,635 =|= AppleLink: CHUQ [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.] This is....The Voice....of USENET....in special English. 1300UTC on 11525. From archive (archive) Subject: Diane Duane bibliography From: ST902620@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Garrett Fitzgerald) Date: 6 Dec 89 03:27:02 GMT This is a different one than JWenn (thank you so much) posted in his Author List series. Enjoy! (If anyone has any additions or corrections, _please_ let me know!) ------------------- Compiled by Garrett Fitzgerald (st902620@brownvm.brown.edu) and Kathy Li (shipit!kathy@celerity.fps.com) Star Trek: THE WOUNDED SKY MY ENEMY, MY ALLY THE ROMULAN WAY (with Peter Morwood) SPOCK'S WORLD "The Starship Captain's Lament" (Dr. Who/real world crossover on Compuserve-no longer available, I think) DC STAR TREK #24-25,28 (In 28, McCoy wakes up and says "I'm dead, Jim") ST:TNG episode "Where No One Has Gone Before" THE KOBAYASHI ALTERNATIVE (computer text adventure from Simon+Schuster) "Enterprise, Starship"-filksong, partially printed in TWS. (I have the complete song--GSF.) Middle Kingdoms: THE DOOR INTO FIRE (This comes in two editions-the original book, and a rewritten version that fits the series better. The biggest changes are the scene at the Ferry Tavern where the innkeeper talks to Lorn about being a king, and later when Lorn explains to Herewiss why Arlen is dying. These scenes were inserted in the rewrite. The original has a explanation of the languages, and a bit more description. Also, Sunspark is more confused.) THE DOOR INTO SHADOW THE DOOR INTO SUNSET (upcoming) THE DOOR INTO STARLIGHT (upcoming) "Lior and the Sea" in _Moonsinger's Friends_ (ed. Susan Schwartz) "Mdaha" (short story, predating and expanding a scene in SHADOW) (from Fantasy Book magazine) "Parting Gifts" in Flashing Swords #5 (ed. Lin Carter) The "Wizard" Series: SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD DEEP WIZARDRY WIZARDS AT LARGE (?) (upcoming) "Uptown Local" in DRAGONS AND DREAMS (ed. Yolen) Other: GUARDIANS OF THE THREE: KEEPER OF THE CITY (with Peter Morwood--listed under Bill Fawcett) THE DREAMERY comic--stories about Prince Ivan. Issues 8 (?) to 14 Three THIEVES' WORLD stories (in 6,7, and 9) (Another upcoming(?)) "Midnight Snack" in _16 Short Stories by Outstanding Authors For Young People_ (ed. Gallo) Story editor + writer for DINOSAUCERS (animated show) From rec.arts.sf-lovers Sat Mar 9 15:29:41 1991 Path: herkules.sssab.se!isy!liuida!sunic!uupsi!njin!rutgers!brownvm.brown.edu!SAREK From: SAREK@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Garrett Fitzgerald) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers Subject: Diane Duane Message-ID: <9103072152.AA20977@rutgers.edu> Date: 7 Mar 91 21:49:25 GMT Sender: nobody@rutgers.rutgers.edu Organization: Brown University Admission Office Lines: 122 Geez, it's nice to see people are paying attention to you! :-) Here's the latest version of that list.... -------------------------------- Compiled by Garrett Fitzgerald (Sarek@brownvm.brown.edu) and Kathy Li (Kathy@fps.com) Star Trek: THE WOUNDED SKY MY ENEMY, MY ALLY THE ROMULAN WAY (with Peter Morwood) SPOCK'S WORLD "The Starship Captain's Lament" (Dr. Who/real world crossover on Compuserve-no longer available, I think) DC STAR TREK #24-25,28 (In 28, McCoy wakes up and says "I'm dead, Jim") ST:TNG episode "Where No One Has Gone Before" THE KOBAYASHI ALTERNATIVE (computer text adventure from Simon+Schuster) "Enterprise, Starship"-filksong, partially printed in TWS. (I have the complete song--GSF.) Middle Kingdoms: THE DOOR INTO FIRE (This comes in two editions-the original book, and a rewritten version that fits the series better. The biggest changes are the scene at the Ferry Tavern where the innkeeper talks to Lorn about being a king, and later when Lorn explains to Herewiss why Arlen is dying. These scenes were inserted in the rewrite. The original has a explanation of the languages, and a bit more description. Also, Sunspark is more confused.) THE DOOR INTO SHADOW THE DOOR INTO SUNSET (upcoming) THE DOOR INTO STARLIGHT (upcoming) "Lior and the Sea" in _Moonsinger's Friends_ (ed. Susan Schwartz) "Mdaha" (short story, predating and expanding a scene in SHADOW) (from Fantasy Book magazine) "Parting Gifts" in Flashing Swords #5 (ed. Lin Carter) The "Wizard" Series: SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD DEEP WIZARDRY HIGH WIZARDRY (upcoming) WIZARDS ABROAD (?) (upcoming) "Uptown Local" in DRAGONS AND DREAMS (ed. Yolen) Other: GUARDIANS OF THE THREE: KEEPER OF THE CITY (with Peter Morwood--listed under Bill Fawcett) THE DREAMERY comic--stories about Prince Ivan. Issues 8 (?) to 14 Three THIEVES' WORLD stories (in 6,7, and 9) (Another upcoming(?)) "Midnight Snack" in _16 Short Stories by Outstanding Authors For Young People_ (ed. Gallo) Story editor + writer for DINOSAUCERS (animated show) ======================================================================== 91 From: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.COM To: ST902620@brownvm.brown.EDU In-Reply-to: Your message of 5 Dec 89 19:24:03 PST (Tuesday) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Meetings on the Stair", in BALTICON PROGRAM BOOK, the official proceedings of Balticon, (the Baltimore Area SF Convention), April 20-22, 1984, Hunt Valley, MD. Essay. DRAGONFLIGHT (with Anne McCaffrey): screenplay for full-length animated feature: for Tercel Inc., (independent producers), Los Angeles, August 1984. for HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS, 1979-present: Scooby-Doo, "The Hairy Scare of the Devil-Bear", one other Captain Caveman, "Mr. Big", "Blotto", one other Space Ghost, "Prisoners of Space" Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, "Kelp!", "Fjords and Sorcery", "All This and Timbuktu", two others Laverne and Shirley in the Army, "Tokyo-Ho-Ho", one other Biskitts, "Turnaround Hound" for SUNBOW PRODUCTIONS, 1985-present: Glofriends, "The Masterpiece" for FILMATION STUDIOS, 1982, 1983 -- staff writer: development work for new series: story, "Secret of Avion Mountain" episode of He-Man & Masters of the Universe for UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, 1980 -- consultant: development work for multimedia presentation ("Riding the Torch") Graphics/Cartography: for MOONSTAR ODYSSEY, David Gerrold, Signet/NAL Books, 1979: for KING DAVID'S SPACESHIP, Jerry Pournelle, Bantam Books, 1982: for THE RINGWORLD ENGINEERS, Larry Niven, Del Rey Books, 1983: for MEDEA: HARLAN'S WORLD, Harlan Ellison et al, Bantam/Spectra Books, 1985 And here's some old bibliographic notes I have (current about 1986) Born 5/18/52, Manhattan, NYC. Raised (1952-1971) in Roosevelt (L.I.), NY. Attended high school at Roosevelt Senior High, graduated 1970: attended college at Dowling College (Oakdale NY), studying astronomy, astrophysics; then attended Pilgrim State Hospital School of Nursing (Brentwood NY). Graduated 1974 as registered nurse. Practiced as staff psychiatric nurse (one-to-one therapy) at Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic of New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, NYC, 1974-76. Relocated to California as writer's assistant, 1976-78. First novel sale, 1977: first screen sale, 1979. Now working full time as freelance novelist and screenwriter, on both coasts. Listed in Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who In The East. Assistant System Operator, Science Fiction and Fantasy Forum, CompuServe (national/international computer information service and network). Member of the Frederick Lewis Allen Memorial Room [for writers] at The Research Libraries of New York Public Library. Hope this helps. /John p.s. Her middle name is Elizabeth