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| Born | Roberta Ann MacAvoy (1949-12-13)December 13, 1949 (age 75) Cleveland,Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Case Western Reserve University (BA) |
| Genre | Fantasy Science fiction |
| Notable awards | John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1984) |
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Roberta Ann MacAvoy (born December 13, 1949) is an Americanfantasy andscience fiction author. Several of her books draw onCeltic orZen themes. She won theJohn W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1984.
R. A. MacAvoy was born inCleveland, Ohio. She attendedCase Western Reserve University and received aB.A. in 1971. She worked from 1975 to 1978 as an assistant to the financial aid officer ofColumbia College of Columbia University and from 1978 to 1982 as a computer programmer atSRI International before turning to full-time writing in 1982. She married Ronald Allen Cain in 1978.[1]
R. A. MacAvoy was diagnosed withdystonia (a neuro-muscular disorder causing painful sustained muscle contractions) following the publication of her Lens of the World series in the early 1990s. She now has the disorder under control and has returned to writing.[2]
These books were adapted by Bantam Software into a text adventure,I, Damiano: The Wizard of Partestrada, for MS-DOS and Apple IIe computers.
R.A. MacAvoy's Death and Resurrection which combines kung fu, Asian mysticism, a Native American veterinarian, mystery, and more.
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