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About Author

Andre Norton was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of rug company owner and his wife. She began writing while she was in high school, and she was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper. She also wrote her first novel, Ralestone Luck, which was published in 1938. Her first published novel was The Prince Commands (1934). She graduated from high school in 1930 and began studying teaching at Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University. In 1932 she dropped out early due to economic conditions and began working for the Cleveland Library System. In 1934, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton, the pen name she had adopted to increase her marketability since boys were the main audience for fantasy. In 1941, she bought a bookstore called the Mystery House in Mount Rainier, Maryland, but the business failed and she returned to the Cleveland Public Library. In 1950 she became a reader for the Gnome Press Co. In 1958 she became a full-time author. In 1966 she moved to Florida for health reasons, and then to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In 1977, she received the Gandalf Grand Master Award from the World Science Fiction Society, and in 1983 she received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She died in March of 2005 of congestive heart failure. She has been called the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Over the course of her career, she published over 300 published titles read by four generations. Shortly after her death, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America created the Andre Norton Award for outstanding work of fantasy or science fiction for Young Adults.

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Books in this Series

Moon of 3 Rings

Andre Norton

0.0 (0)

Krip Vorland, cargo master apprentice for the free trader "Lydis" is caught up in an interstellar power play involving the mysterious beast trainer, "Maelen" of the mythical Thassa. Kidnapped by undercover agents, Vorland is spirited away right in front of his captain and crew man assigned to ensure his safety. Beaten to within an inch of his life, young Vorland is half dead when he’s finally tracked down by Moon Singer Maelen and her “little people”. From there on, its one threat after another as Krip Vorland and Moon Singer Maelen try to find their way back to the Lydis and her crew before she’s forced to leave the planet.

Moon of Three Rings

Andre Norton

2.5 (2)

Sequel is Exiles of the Stars (

Exiles of the Stars

Andre Norton

4.0 (1)

This is the second in the Moon Singer series featuring “Maelen”, the former moon singer of the primitive planet mythical “Thassa”. Also revolving around the cargo apprentice “Krip Vorland’, now in the body of the “Thassa” and the crew of the free-trader “Lydis” who’s sabotaged ship barely survives its landing on a barren and hostile planet. One by one, the crew of the Lydis and in addition to the crew of a legendary “Patrol” scout are taken over by an unknown force also present on the planet. Only “Maelen” now fugitive of “Thassa” remains unaffected by this mysterious mind control. She, along with revived crewmember Vorland pit themselves against the malicious remnants of an ancient “Fore Runner” civilization who’s only motivation is on regaining the power lost to them in ages past at any cost necessary. To these marauders, the only thing other life forms represent to them is a “body” they can occupy to accomplish their goal of universal control of every planet they encounter. Sequel to Moon of Three Rings (

Flight in Yiktor

Andre Norton

4.0 (2)

A psychic sorceress, a telepathic adventurer, and deformed ex-slave use their extrasensory powers to stop an intergalactic organization of thieves from looting the planets.

Dare to Go A-Hunting

Andre Norton

4.0 (1)

Brother to Shadows

Andre Norton

3.0 (1)

A senior member of an order of spys, assassins, and bodyguards forces Jofre out into an unfamiliar world, where he encounters an obsessed alien archaeologist and a beautiful, deadly rival.