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ⓘ About R.A. MacAvoy
MacAvoy worked from 1975 until 1978 as an assistant to the financial aid officer at Columbia College of Columbia University. From 1978 until 1982 she worked as a computer programmer at SRI International before she became a full-time writer in 1982. In the year 1978, she married Ronald Allen Cain. She writes as R. A. MacAvoy because of the authors she read when she was younger also being R. A.’s: R. A. Heinlein, R. A. Cain, and R. A. Lafferty. She found it auspicious to also have these initials. She also doesn’t care too much for the name Roberta, finding that nobody could be less of a Roberta than herself, going by Bertie instead. She was named after a thirties movie that starred Astaire-Rogers and Irene Dunn and Montgomery Scott. The movie wasn’t that good.
All Book Series by R.A. MacAvoy
The Lens of the World Trilogy: Lens of the World, King of the Dead, and The Belly of the Wolf
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2017
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Who is R.A. MacAvoy?
MacAvoy worked from 1975 until 1978 as an assistant to the financial aid officer at Columbia College of Columbia University. From 1978 until 1982 she worked as a computer programmer at SRI International before she became a full-time writer in 1982. In the year 1978, she married Ronald Allen Cain.
Which R.A. MacAvoy series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Damiano series, the earliest of R.A. MacAvoy's multi-book series: it opens with Damiano (1984) and runs to 3 books across 1984, ending with Raphael (1984). R.A. MacAvoy's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has R.A. MacAvoy written?
R.A. MacAvoy has 16 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1983 and 2018. 11 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Lens of the World series with 4 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should R.A. MacAvoy's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. R.A. MacAvoy's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Black Dragon (1983–1986, 2 books), Damiano (1984, 3 books) and Lens of the World (1990–2017, 4 books), plus 1 more.
How are R.A. MacAvoy's books organised into series?
This guide splits R.A. MacAvoy's 16 books into 4 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lens of the World (4 books, 1990–2017); Damiano (3 books, 1984); Albatross (2 books, 2017–2018); Black Dragon (2 books, 1983–1986).