Ticonderoga Publications is ecstatic to the point of delirium to announce a forthcoming collection of stories by A Bertram Chandler Award-winning, internationally respected writer and researcher Lucy Sussex.
The collection has a working title of Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies and is scheduled for publication in mid-2011.
Lucy’s first published short story was “The Parish and Mrs Brown”, in the 1983 anthology Dreamworks. Since then she has published more than 30 short stories. In 1998 she won the Aurealis Award for her story “Merlusine”, and she has won two short story Ditmar Awards, for “My Lady Tongue” in 1989 and “Absolute Uncertainty”, published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in April 2001. “The Queen of Erewhon” was selected for The Year’s Best SF 5 (2000), edited by David Hartwell.
In 1997, Lucy won the novel Ditmar for The Scarlet Rider, published by Tor Books. She has published novels for children, young adults and adults. Her first book was The Peace Garden (1989), followed by Deersnake (1994), The Penguin Friend (1997) and Black Ice (1997). The Revognase, part of the Quentaris series, was published in 2003.
“Lucy Sussex was one of the writers who really started my passion for short stories,” Ticonderoga Editor Russell B. Farr said.
“When I first read ‘My Lady Tongue’ many years ago it was nothing like anything I had read before, and Lucy’s stories continue to be precious gems I enjoy immensely,” he said.
While the contents are still being decided, the collection will be substantial and feature many amazing stories.
“Right now I can’t think of any stories to leave out,” Russell added.
The collection is scheduled for publication in 2011, in limited edition hardcover and trade editions.
