FANCHER, Jane S(uzanne)

(1952-)

   US writer who began publishing genre material with two GRAPHIC NOVELS based on the work of C.J. CHERRYH: Gate of Ivrel: Claiming Rites * (graph 1987) and Gate of Ivrel: Fever Dreams * (graph 1988). In her own right JSF wrote the Cantrell sequence of SPACE OPERAS set in a Cherryhesque habitat-dominated Galaxy - Groundties (1991),Uplink (1992) and Harmonies of the 'Net (1992) - and featuring the protagonist's attempts to deal with a COMPUTER-generated crisis on a colony planet inhabited by the descendants of Native Americans. The tales are high-pitched in tone, complex and promising. JSF was credited with artwork on \#13-\#16 of the Elfquest comic-book series by Wendy and Richard Pini, published by Donning Starblaze; her name was removed from the credits of the revised graphic-novel version issued by Marvel Epic.

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