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Angela de Maizière (born 4 January 1951) is a best-selling science-fiction author from [[the Resurgent Dream]].  
 
Angela de Maizière (born 4 January 1951) is a best-selling science-fiction author from [[the Resurgent Dream]].  
  

Revision as of 22:51, 14 February 2006

Angela de Maizière
Birth
4 January 1951
Death
N/A
Titles
N/A
Marital Status
Single

Angela de Maizière (born 4 January 1951) is a best-selling science-fiction author from the Resurgent Dream.

De Maizière got her start in science-fiction with The Last Waaargh and The Land Where Modus Ponens Falters, neither of which made a lasting impression. She is best known for her seminal work, The Edge of Existence, for which she has received the prestigious Haggar Award. De Maizière has written a number of sequels to The Edge of Existence, including Beyond Space and Without Time.

Some of de Maizière more recent works explore her Lutheran beliefs through allegory. The Lion Trilogy, consisting of The Trumpet of the Lion, Defeat at Almoral, and The Lion's Fleet is generally understood to be an allegory for the life of Jesus. Another novel, The Grounding, is set on an entirely alien world and features no human characters. However, many critics have detected allegorical references to the life of Martin Luther.

De Maizière is known for her complex character development. She says that she strives to make all of her characters, however alien their situation or even their species might make them, come across as real people. Few characters in her books can be described as pure good or pure evil. Her characters are not portrayed as simple, unconflicted heroes and villains but as people with difficult moral and personal choices to make.