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Sylvia Engdahl

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in Los Angeles, California, The United States

November 24, 1933

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Science Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction

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Sylvia Engdahl is the author of eleven science fiction novels, six of which, including the Newbery Honor book Enchantress from the Stars, are YA books also enjoyed by many adults. Although she is best known as an author for Young Adults, her most recent novels, the Founders of Maclairn duology (Stewards of the Flame and Promise of the Flame) and the Captain of Estel trilogy (Defender of the Flame, Herald of the Flame, and Envoy of the Flame) are adult science fiction and are not appropriate for readers below high school age. For FAQs about them and more, visit her website.

She has also written a nonfiction book, The Planet-Girded Suns: Our Forebears' Firm Belief in Inhabited Exoplanets, of which updated and expanded paperback and ebook edit ...more

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	Enchantress from the Stars (Elana, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 4,183 ratings — published 1970 — 47 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 Far Side of Evil (Elana, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 569 ratings — published 1971 — 26 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
	This Star Shall Abide: aka Heritage of the Star 4.08 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 1972 — 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
	Children of the Star: The Complete Trilogy 4.26 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2000 — 11 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
	Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains (Children of the Star, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1973 — 7 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
	Journey Between Worlds 3.66 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 1970 — 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
	Stewards of the Flame (The Founders of Maclairn #1) 3.50 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2007 — 9 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 Doors of the Universe (Children of the Star, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1981 — 8 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
	Promise of the Flame (The Founders of Maclairn, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2009 — 7 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
	Defender of the Flame (The Captain of Estel #1) 3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2013 — 9 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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New Novel Coming June 10

My new novel Envoy of the Flame (Book 3 in the Rising Flame trilogy) will be released in ebook format on June 10 and can be pre-ordered now at Amazon and other retailers. A paperback edition will also be released in June but maybe not as soon as the ebook.

Series by Sylvia Engdahl

Elana (2 books)
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3.95 avg rating — 4,752 ratings

Children of the Star (3 books)
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4.10 avg rating — 936 ratings

The Founders of Maclairn (2 books)
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3.65 avg rating — 239 ratings

The Captain of Estel (3 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 69 ratings

Contemporary Issues Companion (44 books)
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3.58 avg rating — 55 ratings

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“The human mind is incredible. It can do nothing without belief, yet practically anything with it.”
― Sylvia Engdahl, Enchantress from the Stars

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“People who love each other can no more keep from communicating than from breathing.”
― Sylvia Engdahl, Enchantress from the Stars

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“Must a man then live as his fellows live, and never reach beyond?”
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2nd Quarter 2023 - Science Fiction #3

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh - 448 pp

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The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older - 176 pp

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36 Streets by T.R. Napper - 448 pp

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The Far Side of Evil by Sylvia Engdahl - 296 pp

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In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune - 432 pp

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Flux by Jinwoo Chong - 352 pp

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Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling - 304 pp

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Crimsy: A gripping, funny, realistic near-future sci-fi adventure by Michael Martin - 387 pp

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message 3: by Roger

Nov 25, 2008 10:24PM

Hi Silvya,
Thanks for the friendship on Goodreads.
If you like Science Fiction and Fantasy you might like to check out my book, THE LUNDQUIST CHRONICLES - a kind of tribute to Nigel Kneale's Quatermass that is also inspired by MNR James. You can look it up on http://www.lulu.com/content/4649341 The ISBN is ISBN 978-1-4092-4155-3

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message 2: by Dora

Feb 14, 2008 12:07AM

You're the coolest!

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