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R.A. MacAvoy

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in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

December 13, 1949

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Roberta Ann (R. A.) MacAvoy is a fantasy and science fiction author in the United States. Several of her books draw on Celtic or Taoist themes. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1984. R. A. MacAvoy was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Francis and Helen MacAvoy. She attended Case Western Reserve University and received a B.A. in 1971. She worked from 1975 to 1978 as an assistant to the financial aid officer of Columbia College of Columbia University and from 1978 to 1982 as a computer programmer at SRI International before turning to full-time writing in 1982. She married Ronald Allen Cain in 1978.

R.A.MacAvoy was diagnosed with dystonia following the publication of her Lens series. She now has this disorder manageable and h ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 13,955 ratings · 1,088 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tea with the Black Dragon (Black Dragon, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 5,293 ratings — published 1983 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Kells 3.62 avg rating — 2,088 ratings — published 1985 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damiano (Damiano, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 1,239 ratings — published 1984 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grey Horse 3.99 avg rating — 886 ratings — published 1987 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twisting the Rope (Black Dragon, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 795 ratings — published 1986 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lens of the World (Lens of the World, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 739 ratings — published 1990 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damiano's Lute (Damiano, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 1984 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raphael (Damiano, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 628 ratings — published 1984 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of the Dead (Lens of the World, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1991 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Belly of the Wolf (Lens of the World, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 1993 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Grabbed in the ass by fate," his father used to say about coincidences like this. If there were coincidences like this. If there were coincidences...”
― R.A. MacAvoy, The Book of Kells

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“But two things I have ever respected are warmth and the ability to sit still.” Martha”
― R.A. MacAvoy, Tea with the Black Dragon

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“Systems analysts rarely call their parents from across the country with mysterious problems. Still more rarely do they disappear. It is not part of the technical mentality to disappear.”
― R.A. MacAvoy, Tea with the Black Dragon

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DECEMBER FANTASY: This first round poll decides which 2 books move on to the run-off poll for our December Fantasy Book of the Month

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

17 votes, 26.6%

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

15 votes, 23.4%

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

14 votes, 21.9%

Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy

7 votes, 10.9%

The Native Star by M.K. Hobson

4 votes, 6.3%

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

3 votes, 4.7%

The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip

2 votes, 3.1%

Shadowbred by Paul S. Kemp

1 vote, 1.6%

The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeer

1 vote, 1.6%

64 total votes

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