debra doyle
Nov. 2nd, 2020 01:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishI met Dr Doyle at VPXV, although my only memory of her from that week was her saying nice things about the story I'd hacked together written over the course of the week. Ran into her a few more times over the years and always enjoyed talking to her.
Mostly I knew her through her Dreamwidth,malkingrey. Her tales of life in rural New Hampshire acquired a certain familiarity when I started coming north on a regular basis. It's barely possible that we were related: turns out she's also a scion of Arkansas Taylors, though most recently from someplace other than the relations I know of.
She wrote a number of books with her husband Jim Macdonald. Of those, the Mageworlds space-opera are probably the best-known. Rollicking good fun, and recommended A+ fluff reading in these dark times.
Her daughter Pippin has set up a fundraiser to cover funeral expenses and getting Jim's feet back under him. They were midlist freelancers, and money was tight at the best of times.
Ave atque vale, Dr Doyle. May the air conditioning never break in your fantasy apartment in the World Without Shrimp.
Mostly I knew her through her Dreamwidth,
malkingrey. Her tales of life in rural New Hampshire acquired a certain familiarity when I started coming north on a regular basis. It's barely possible that we were related: turns out she's also a scion of Arkansas Taylors, though most recently from someplace other than the relations I know of.She wrote a number of books with her husband Jim Macdonald. Of those, the Mageworlds space-opera are probably the best-known. Rollicking good fun, and recommended A+ fluff reading in these dark times.
Her daughter Pippin has set up a fundraiser to cover funeral expenses and getting Jim's feet back under him. They were midlist freelancers, and money was tight at the best of times.
Ave atque vale, Dr Doyle. May the air conditioning never break in your fantasy apartment in the World Without Shrimp.