Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee
Tanith Leewas a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She was the author of over 90 novels and 300 short stories, a children's picture book, and many poems. She also wrote two episodes of the BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award, for her book Death's Master...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 September 1947
doe wonderful knows
I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?
thinking storyteller
I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
writing people complexes
I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
wine cups would-be
Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.
father writing mad
I was born in North London in 1947. I didn't learn to read until I was almost 8-partly bad schooling, and partly I suspect slight dyslexic problems. My father, driven mad by this, taught me to read. At 9 I began writing.
humble pulpit priests
The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?
silly school actresses
At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.
venice venus parallels
I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
ordinary
No one is ever ordinary.
vulgarity-is vulgar worst
The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.
children cinema nightmares preview twice
We used to go to the cinema once or twice a week, and they used to preview X-certificate films-those which children couldn't see-and I was terrified, and used to have nightmares just from the previews.
depths pain vampires
What I like about vampires is what I like about everything I want to write about, the depths and heights, the pain and joy. Life.
characters die drive follow lead lives plot
There are the characters who die but who you follow after death, and they often lead much more interesting lives after they are dead! So the characters usually drive me along, but occasionally the plot has to come first. It can get sticky.
exciting love somewhere
I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!