DOYLE, Debra

(1952-)

   US writer who began publishing work of genre interest with "Bad Blood" in Werewolves (anth 1988) ed Jane YOLEN and Martin H. GREENBERG, which was expanded into a novel (see Bad Blood below); all her books have been written with James D(ouglas) MacDonald (1954-), and we follow the alphabet-and make no estimate of seniority in this partnership-in treating all their joint work under DD. Most of this work has been fantasy (see Other Works below), and some has been TIES such as their 2 titles in the Planet Builders sequence, Night of Ghosts and Lightning * (1989) and Zero-Sum Games * (1989), both as by Robyn Tallis; Horror High: Pep Rally * (1991) as by Nicholas Adams; and their 2 titles in the 4th Tom Swift sequence (see TOM SWIFT): Monster Machine * (1991) and Aquatech Warriors * (1991), both as by Victor APPLETON. Robert Silverberg's Time Tours \#3: Timecrime, Inc * (1991) and Daniel M. Pinkwater's Melvinge of the Megaverse \#2: Night of the Living Rat * (1992) are also ties.Their first novel in their own right, Knight's Wyrd (1992), is fantasy; but the Mageworlds series-comprising The Price of the Stars (1992), Starpilot's Grave (1993) and By Honor Betray'd (1994)-moves into space opera with some flair, though not without recourse to fantasy outcomes when the going gets tough for the exile princess who becomes a space pilot and stirs up trouble, hither and yon, around the galaxy. Bad Blood (1993)-which incorporates DD's solo first story-and Hunter's Moon (1994) make up a children's series about werewolves and vampires.

   JC

   Other works: the Circle of Magic sequence, comprising School of Wizardry (1990), Tournament and Tower (1990), City by the Sea (1990), The Prince's Players (1990), The Prisoners of Bell Castle (1990) and The High King's Daughter (1990).