Lee, Tanith
Lee, Tanith (1947– ),prolific English writer of novels, short story collections, radio plays, and television scripts. Born and educated in London, she had completed the manuscripts of several books by the time she was 25. Initially she was known principally as a children's writer, having published The Dragon Hoard (1971), Princess Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises (1972), and a picture book, Animal Castle (1972), although her first published work, The Betrothed (1968), was a collection of short stories for adults. At 25 she began study at an art college, but writing remained her primary focus and she soon became a full‐time writer. Her continued interest in art, especially painting, seems reflected in the powerful visual imagination which characterizes most of her writing. Her career in the 1970s was evenly divided between books for young readers, with nine appearing between 1971 and 1979, and adult...
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