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ⓘ About Melanie Rawn
Melanie Rawn is an American author of fantasy and science fiction books. She graduated from Scripps College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and worked as an editor and a teacher before switching to fulltime writing. Ms. Rawn was nominated for Locus Award on three different occasions: for Dragon Prince in 1989, for Skybowl in 1994 and Ruins of Ambrai in 1995. Dragon Prince Dragon Prince is the first book in a series by the same name. It’s a coming of age story about a man named Rohan the heir of Princedom of the Desert. He is kidnapped by Ianthe who wants to a son with him. Ianthe is the oldest daughter of Roelstra. There’s a wide range of exciting and complex characters on both the antagonist and protagonist sides.
All Book Series by Melanie Rawn
The Golden Key
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1996 Co-authored · Jennifer Roberson,Kate Elliott
The Novel / Carny Knowledge
Series opener · book 1 of 22 · published 1992 Anthology · Ashley McConnell
Too Close for Comfort
Book 3 of 22 · published 1993 Anthology · Ashley McConnell
The Ghost and the Gumshoe
Book 4 of 22 · published 1994 Anthology · Julie Robitaille
Double or Nothing
Book 9 of 22 · published 1995 Anthology · Laura Anne Gilman,C.J. Henderson
The Complete Quantum Leap Book
Book 10 of 22 · published 1995 Anthology · Louis Chunovic
The Making of Quantum Leap
Book 13 of 22 · published 1996 Anthology · Hal Schuster
Loch Ness Leap
Book 17 of 22 · published 1997 Anthology · Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith,Sandy Schofield
Foreknowledge
Book 19 of 22 · published 1998 Anthology · Christopher DeFilippis
Mirror's Edge
Latest in the series · book 22 of 22 · published 2000 Anthology · Carol Davis
The Rushden Legacy
Single-title series · published 1985 Co-authored · EllenRandolph
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2002
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Melanie Rawn?
Melanie Rawn is an American author of fantasy and science fiction books. She graduated from Scripps College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and worked as an editor and a teacher before switching to fulltime writing. Ms. Rawn was nominated for Locus Award on three different occasions: for Dragon Prince in 1989, for Skybowl in 1994 and Ruins of Ambrai in 1995.
Which Melanie Rawn series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Dragon Prince series, the earliest of Melanie Rawn's multi-book series: it opens with Dragon Prince (1988) and runs to 3 books across 1988–1990, ending with Sunrunner's Fire (1990). Melanie Rawn's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Melanie Rawn written?
Melanie Rawn has 43 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1985 and 2017. 40 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Quantum Leap series with 22 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Melanie Rawn's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Melanie Rawn's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Dragon Prince (1988–1990, 3 books), Dragon Star (1991–1993, 3 books) and Quantum Leap (1992–2000, 22 books), plus 4 more.
How are Melanie Rawn's books organised into series?
This guide splits Melanie Rawn's 43 books into 7 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Quantum Leap (22 books, 1992–2000); Glass Thorns (5 books, 2012–2017); Dragon Prince (3 books, 1988–1990); Dragon Star (3 books, 1991–1993); Exiles (3 books, 1994–2009), plus 2 further series.