What is Debra Doyle?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Debra Doyle | image = Debra Doyle 2007 (cropped).png | imagesize = 250px | caption = Debra Doyle at [[Readercon]] 2007 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|11|30}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|31|1952|11|30}} | death_place = | occupation = Writer | nationality = American | period = 1990–2020 | genre = [[Fantasy]], [[science fiction]], [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | signature = | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Debra Doyle''' (November 30, 1952 – October 31, 2020) was an American author. Many of her works were [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], and [[Mystery fiction|mystery]], for young adults. Her works were co-written with her husband, [[James D. Macdonald]].<ref name=SFWA>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfwa.org/2020/11/02/in-memoriam-debra-doyle/ |title=In Memoriam – Debra Doyle |publisher=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |date=November 2, 2020 }}</ref> Their novel ''Knight's Wyrd'' was awarded the [[Mythopoeic Awards|Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature]] in 1992<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/awardwinners.html |title=Complete list of Mythopoeic Award Winners |publisher=The Mythopoeic Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206142023/http://mythsoc.org/awardwinners.html |archive-date=February 6, 2007 }}</ref> and appeared on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/Kw_head.htm |title=''Knight's Wyrd'' by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927173106/http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/Kw_head.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2006 }}</ref> Dyole died of [[cardiac arrest]] on October 31, 2020 at the age of 67.<ref name=SFWA/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Debra}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2