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Tanith Lee is a prolific SF writer, who has written over 50 novels and over 200 short stories. She has written science fiction, fantasy, and horror, for adults and for children.
 
Her first novel, ''[[The Dragon Hoard (Literature)|The Dragon Hoard]]'' (1971), is a comic fantasy that takes the mickey out a wide range of [[Fairy Tale]] and [[Mythology]] tropes while telling the story of how Prince Jasleth was forced to go on a quest after his family was cursed by a sorceress who wasn't invited to his birthday party. Other notable works for younger readers include the [[Unicorn Trilogy]] (1991-1997) and the Piratica series (2004-?).
 
Lee's first novel for adults was ''The Birthgrave'' (1975), which was nominated for a [[Nebula Award]]. Other notable works for adults include ''The Silver Metal Lover'' (1981); the ''[[Biting the Sun]]'' duet (1976-1977); and the Flat Earth cycle (1978-1986).
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* ''[[Biting the Sun]]'' Duet
* ''[[The Dragon Hoard (Literature)|The Dragon Hoard]]''
* ''[[Unicorn Trilogy]]''
* ''[[White As Snow (Literature)|White Asas Snow]]''
 
=== Tanith Lee's other work provides examples of: ===
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* [[Cinderella Circumstances]]
* [[City of Canals]]: ''The Books of Venus''.
* [[Clothing Damage]] / [[Defeat Byby Modesty]]: Vivia {{spoiler|hides inside the flames after an attempt to burn her at the stake only succeeded in reducing her clothes to ash}}.
* [[Country Matters]]: In case the brutal murders were not enough to tell the readers that Vivia's father is a nasty man, he also swears a lot and calls his underlings rude words.
* [[Cry for Thethe Devil]]: "The Demoness"
* [[Dead All Along]]
* [[Deal Withwith the Devil]]
* [[Denied Food Asas Punishment]]
* [[Disease Bleach]]
* [[Fisher King]]
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* [[Taken for Granite]]: The witch in ''Prince on a White Horse'' has an annoying habit of paralysing people at random, fortunately temporarily.
* [[Talking Animal]]: In ''Prince on a White Horse'', the Prince has reason to suspect that the horse can talk, but the horse denies it.
* [[Tomato in Thethe Mirror]]
* [[Twice-Told Tale]]
* [[Vagina Dentata]]