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Emma Bull (born 3 January 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 in print.

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.

In August 2006, Bull announced that her newest book, Territory, is nearer to publication, having begun revisions ("The first revision is done!" [1]). It was initially titled Territory: The Road Agents. Her weblog mentions "American West, circa 1881" as well.

Bull graduated from Beloit College in 1976. [2] Bull and Shetterly live in Arizona.

Contents 1 Novels 2 Collection 3 Anthology Series 4 External links

• War for the Oaks (1987)
• Falcon (1989)
• Bone Dance (1991; nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards)
• Finder (1994)
• The Princess and the Lord of Night (1994)
• Silver or Gold (1996)
• Freedom and Necessity (1997, with Steven Brust)
• Territory (projected for 2007)

• Double Feature (1995, with Will Shetterly)

• Liavek (1985, edited with Will Shetterly)
• Liavek: The Players of Luck (1986, edited with Will Shetterly)
• Liavek: Wizard's Row (1987, edited with Will Shetterly)
• Liavek: Spells of Binding (1988, edited with Will Shetterly)
• Liavek: Festival Week (1990, edited with Will Shetterly)

• Official website
• Emma_Bull's LiveJournal
• Emma Bull at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Bibliography on SciFan
• Bio on Endicott Studio site
• The Unusual Suspects at Shockwave Silver