Absent Friend

[rolanni]

Ending the day on a sad note. My friend eluki, who wrote many things under many different names, among them eluki bes shahar, Rosemary Edghill, and James Mallory, died yesterday of sepsis. This news coming to me from eluki's wife.

Aside Steve, eluki is the writer I've known the longest. She was a remarkable person -- brilliant and difficult, which can be said of many of us. She taught me more about writing than anyone else, again, save Steve.

We dedicated Crystal Soldier to eluki's character, Butterflies-are-Free-Peace-Sincere.

eluki and I had grown apart after her move to the opposite coast, but I'm going to miss her, so much.

Please share this, so we can hopefully catch everyone who ought to know.

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[djonn]

Good heavens; I'm sorry to hear that (and while I knew she had a number of bylines, I did not know "James Mallory" was one of them, though I am now nodding my head as I recall the Mallory books I've read).