Stina Leicht Collection

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TxAM-CRS C000462

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Stina Leicht Collection

Date(s)

  • 1973-2022 (Creation)

Extent

9 boxes and 8 oversized printed items

Name of creator

(1972-)

Biographical history

Stina Leicht (1972-) was born in St. Louis, MO and currently resides in Austin, TX. Leicht is the author of several well-regarded novels, including the two-book The Fey and The Fallen series (2011-2012), a dark fantasy set in war-torn 1970s Northern Ireland. The first book in the series, Of Blood and Honey, was nominated for a Locus Award for Best First Novel; the second, And Blue Skies From Pain was also a Locus nominee.

Her next novel project was the two-book series The Malorum Gates (2015-2017). The two books, Cold Ironand Blackthorne comprise a high 'flintlock fantasy' set in a world at war between the magic-using Kainen of Eledore and the magic-less humans of Acrasia. Blackthorne was a 2018 Locus nominee. In 2021, Leicht released a well-received space opera, a futuristic queer feminist riff on The Seven Samurai, entitled Persephone Station. Her latest novel Loki's Ring, a thoughtful space action-adventure set in and around a ringworld, was released in March 2023.

Leicht has also written several short stories, including "Texas Died For Somebody's Sins", published in the Rick Klaw-edited 2013 anthology Rayguns Over Texas. She received a nomination for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2012.

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Scope and content

This collection contains manuscripts and associated materials from John W. Campbell Award-nominated science fiction and fantasy author Stina Leicht. Also included are convention materials from various cons attended by Leicht, as well as correspondence, notebooks, and assorted other materials.

System of arrangement

Series I. Manuscripts, arranged chronologically.
Series II. Diaries and Correspondence.
Series III. Convention Materials.
Series IV. Other Materials.

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Physical access

These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.

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Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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  • English

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Immediate source of acquisition

Gift, from Stina Leicht in August 2019 (2019_0107). The August 2022 Addendum was received as 2022_0077.

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Archivist's note

Jeremy Brett, 2020-09

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