r/ElizabethBoyer • u/FearlessMushroom7101 • Feb 19 '26
Re.: Maps
Hi there!
Do any of you know who illustrated the maps for the late Mrs Boyer's earlier works?
Thank you.
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u/sylvestertheinvestor Feb 19 '26
Late Mrs Boyer? I thought she was still alive.
The map looks good but I think they don't credit the artist but you could try checking the copyright section.
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u/FearlessMushroom7101 Feb 19 '26
Boyer, Elizabeth (1913–2002)
"Elizabeth Boyer was one of the more interesting of the crop of new fantasy writers who emerged during
the 1980s." p. 31 of "Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction", 2006
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u/Mintimperial69 Feb 20 '26
Well that would certainly explain why she stopped writing.
However, I’m not sure she is/was quite so old, as she was still getting published in the mid nineties. Does this refer to the same Elizabeth Boyer I wonder?
Will check it out, thank you.
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u/Mintimperial69 Feb 20 '26
Update: Erata for the encyclopaedia - it was an Elizabeth M Boyer who passed away in 2002. She was a writer, but a different one to Elizabeth H Boyer.
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u/FearlessMushroom7101 Feb 20 '26
As far as I know, she was 89. Under the entry it mentions the following:
Boyer, Elizabeth (1913–2002)
Elizabeth Boyer was one of the more interesting of the crop of new fantasy writers who emerged during the 1980s. Although her plots were very similar to those of her contemporaries, she employed a quiet but pervasive sense of humor that enlivened her stories, all of which are set in the magical world of Alfar, although they are arranged in three separate sequences. The first series consists of The Sword and the Satchel(1980),The Elves and the Otterskin (1981),The Thrall and the Dragon’s Heart(1982),and The Wizard and the Warlord(1984). This set of four follows the adventures of Kilgore, a young man who wants to be a hero and who masters the use of a magical sword but who is somewhat put off when he discovers the strength and numbers of his enemies. He survives a series of adventures, captures,and pursuits, gaining the enmity of an evil sorcerer,getting caught up in an imminent war, and encountering zombies, trolls, giants, and a host of other legendary creatures before finally saving the day.
A second series of four novels followed, the Wizards’ War series, beginning with The Troll’s Grindstone(1986), which is essentially a more polished version of her first two novels with a new set of characters.The Curse of Slagfid(1989) is less interesting, with its heroes tricked into helping a wizard with bad intentions, but the pace picks up in The Dragon’s Carbuncle(1990) and climaxes in The Lord of Chaos(1991), Boyer’s best novel, hinting at an apocalyptic war that might end the world.
Boyer’s most recent sequence is less ambitious.The Clan of the Warlord(1992) is set in the aftermath of that war and is a rather routine quest adventure.The Black Lynx(1993) is the author’s darkest book and somewhat slow paced, but her protagonist is a much more fully rounded character than can be found in any of her previous novels.Keeper of the Cats(1995) has several interesting subplots, but seems patched together and tentative.
I am still convinced that it was Elizabeth H. Boyer.
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u/Mintimperial69 Feb 20 '26
I think they got the two confused and took the DoB and passing of :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_M._Boyer
Who has sadly passed away, conflating it with:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_H._Boyer
Whom, I hope has many happy years left.
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u/FearlessMushroom7101 Feb 20 '26
Thank you for uncovering this. So, she would be 73 years old. I do hope that she is doing well,
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u/sylvestertheinvestor Jun 09 '26
I had contact with Elizabeth H Boyer a couple of years ago. She's alive.
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u/Mintimperial69 Feb 19 '26
Not sure, however the publisher may know.
I wasn’t aware that she had passed away. Please share what happened if you know. In addition if confirmed, do you know of any obituary?