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Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was a prolific Speculative Fiction and Fantasy writer who was often regarded as having a feminist bent to her work. MZB, as she was known to fans, was a co-founder and the namer of The Society for Creative Anachronism.

She was most famous for her Darkover series and the novel The Mists of Avalon. She was a contributor to the Thieves' World setting, with a sequence of stories featuring Lythande, Mage of the Blue Star. She also dove into gay and lesbian Pulp Fiction early in her career.

Works written by Marion Zimmer Bradley include:

Darkover series
The Mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley provides examples of the following tropes:

Atlantis: Web of Darkness and Web of Light
Contemptible Cover: Hunters of the Red Moon
Knife-Throwing Act: Knives of Desire
- Bradley was also a target girl for a knife-thrower act herself in her younger days
Perspective Flip: The Firebrand retells The Iliad from the perspective of Kassandra.

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-Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was a prolific [[Speculative Fiction]] and [[Fantasy]] writer who was often regarded as having a feminist bent to her work. MZB, as she was known to fans, was a co-founder and the namer of The Society for Creative Anachronism.
+'''Marion Zimmer Bradley''' (1930-1999) was a prolific [[Speculative Fiction]] and [[Fantasy]] writer who was often regarded as having a feminist bent to her work. MZB, as she was known to fans, was a co-founder and the namer of The Society for Creative Anachronism.
-She was most famous for her ''[[Darkover]]'' series and the novel ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]''. She was a contributor to the ''[[Thieves World]]'' setting, with a sequence of stories featuring Lythande, Mage of the Blue Star. She also dove into gay and lesbian [[Pulp Magazine|Pulp Fiction]] early in her career.
+She was most famous for her ''[[Darkover]]'' series and the novel ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]''. She was a contributor to the ''[[Thieves' World]]'' setting, with a sequence of stories featuring Lythande, Mage of the Blue Star. She also dove into gay and lesbian [[Pulp Magazine|Pulp Fiction]] early in her career.
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-=== Works by Marion Zimmer Bradley with their own trope pages include: ===
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 * [[Darkover]] series
 * ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]''
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-=== Other works by Marion Zimmer Bradley provide examples of: ===
 * [[Atlantis]]: ''Web of Darkness'' and ''Web of Light''
-* [[Contemptible Cover]]: ''[http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/03/hunters-of-the-red-moon/ Hunters of the Red Moon]''
+* [[Contemptible Cover]]: ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131023234237/http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2010/03/hunters-of-the-red-moon/ Hunters of the Red Moon]''
 * [[Knife-Throwing Act]]: ''Knives of Desire''
 ** Bradley was also a target girl for a knife-thrower act herself in her younger days
-* [[Perspective Flip]]: ''The Firebrand'' retells [[The Iliad (Literature)|The Iliad]] from the perspective of Kassandra.
+* [[Perspective Flip]]: ''The Firebrand'' retells [[The Iliad]] from the perspective of Kassandra.
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