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"They don't know how the world is shaped. And so they give it a shape, and try to make everything fit it. They separate the right from the left, the man from the woman, the plant from the animal, the sun from the moon. They only want to count to two." -- Emma Bull
Emma Bull (born 13 December 1954) is a science fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. She has participated in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe, which is the setting of her 1994 novel Finder. She sang in the rock-funk band Cats Laughing, and both sang and played guitar in the folk duo The Flash Girls while living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Her 1991 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel Bone Dance was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards.Bull wrote a screenplay for War for the Oaks, which was made into an 11-minute mini-film designed to look like a film trailer. She made a cameo appearance as the Queen of the Seelie Court, and her husband, Will Shetterly, directed.Bull and Shetterly created the shared universe of Liavek, for which they have both written stories. There are five Liavek collections extant.

She was a member of the writing group The Scribblies, which included Will Shetterly as well as Pamela Dean, Kara Dalkey, Nate Bucklin, Patricia Wrede and Steven Brust. With Steven Brust, Bull wrote Freedom and Necessity (1997), an epistolary novel with subtle fantasy elements set during the 19th century United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Chartist movement.

She is Executive Producer and one of the writers for Shadow Unit, along with Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Will Shetterly and Amanda Downum.

Bull graduated from Beloit College in 1976. Bull and Shetterly live in Arizona.

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Total Books: 35
Fantasy Magazine October 2014
2014 - Fantasy Magazine October 2014 [Women Destroy Fantasy! special issue] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781501017964
ISBN-10: 1501017969
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 3

And Other Stories
2012 - And Other Stories (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781477548301
ISBN-10: 1477548300
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Territory
2011 - Territory (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780765330192
ISBN-10: 0765330199
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 4

Bone Dance A Fantasy for Technophiles
2009 - Bone Dance a Fantasy for Technophiles (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780765321732
ISBN-10: 0765321734
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 6

2008 - Finder (Other)
Freedom and Necessity
2007 - Freedom and Necessity (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780765316806
ISBN-10: 0765316803
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 4

Nightspeeder The Screenplay
2004 - Nightspeeder the Screenplay (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781932983050
ISBN-10: 1932983058
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
 1

War For The Oaks The Screenplay
2004 - War for the Oaks the Screenplay (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781932983081
ISBN-10: 1932983082
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Finder  A Novel of the Borderlands
2003 - Finder a Novel of the Borderlands (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780765347770
ISBN-10: 0765347776
Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 20

Double Feature
1999 - Double Feature (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781886778115
ISBN-10: 1886778116
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 5

Freedom   Necessity
1997 - Freedom Necessity (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780312859749
ISBN-10: 0312859740
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 8

The Princess and the Lord of Night
1994 - The Princess and the Lord of Night (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780152635435
ISBN-10: 0152635432
Genre: Children's Books
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Falcon
1989 - Falcon (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780441225699
ISBN-10: 0441225691
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 17

Sword and Sorceress I
1988 - Sword and Sorceress I (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780747231059
ISBN-10: 0747231052
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 8

Wizard's Row
1987 - Wizard's Row [Liavek , Bk 3] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780441481903
ISBN-10: 0441481906
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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