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Mary Soon Lee

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Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for thirty years. She is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, and three-time winner of both the AnLab Readers’ Award and the Rhysling Award. Her latest books are from opposite shores of the poetry ocean: How to Navigate Our Universe containing 128 astronomy poems, and The Sign of the Dragon, a novel-length epic fantasy told in poetry. She hides her online presence with a cryptically named website (marysoonlee.com) and an equally cryptic BlueSky account (@marysoonlee.bsky.social).
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Mary Soon Lee Alec and Seregil from Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series. The relationship between them is wonderful. They are very different people, yet fit toget…moreAlec and Seregil from Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series. The relationship between them is wonderful. They are very different people, yet fit together. They come to like and trust each other, and, in time, to be lovers without a whole series of forced misunderstandings and artificial obstacles. Plus, I have a soft spot for gay partnerships.

I note that my favorite non-romantic fictional friendship between two characters is that between Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin in Patrick O'Brian's superb Napoleonic-era naval series.(less)
Mary Soon Lee Probably not. Occasionally, I wonder about writing a prequel set hundreds of years before "The Sign of the Dragon," but that is also unlikely to happe…moreProbably not. Occasionally, I wonder about writing a prequel set hundreds of years before "The Sign of the Dragon," but that is also unlikely to happen. [Thank you for the question!](less)
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What did folks read in November that you loved?

I loved Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses , mainstream not SFF, a re-read. Marvelous.

Scout's Progress , part of Sharon Lee + Steve Miller's Liaden Universe, also a re-read. A delight. The friendships/found family warmed me through and through. Read more of this blog post »
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"Fantastic book. I'm not really a poetry reader, but that doesn't matter. Mary Soon Lee has used poems to weave a fantastic tale with lovable characters and detailed plots. Read it."
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11/29/2025: I started this book a few days ago and made it as far as page 82 (end of chapter 9), before deciding to stop. Had I continued, I think this would likely have been a three-star book for me. So it is not that I disliked it, but rather that ...more
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“You think a king
worth more than other men?
Xau did not,
despite my efforts
to correct his misconception.”
Mary Soon Lee, The Sign of the Dragon

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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
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