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[[Image:Excalibur_novel.jpg|frame|right|''[[Excalibur (novel)|Excalibur]]'' by Sanders Anne Laubenthal, [[Ballantine Books]], [[1973]]]] |
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| name = Sanders Anne Laubenthal |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|12|25}} |
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| birth_place = [[Mobile, Alabama]] |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|5|15|1943|12|25|mf=y}} |
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| death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]] |
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| occupation = Author |
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| genre = [[Fantasy]] |
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| nationality = American |
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| notableworks = ''[[Excalibur (novel)|Excalibur]]'' (1973) |
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'''Sanders Anne Laubenthal''' (December 25, 1943 – May 15, 2002) was an American [[poet]], [[novelist]], [[historian]] and textbook writer. |
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==Life== |
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Laubenthal served the [[United States Air Force]] from the time of the [[Vietnam War]], starting writing [[ |
Laubenthal served the [[United States Air Force]] from the time of the [[Vietnam War]], starting writing [[on-the-job training]] books for trainees in [[comic book]] style to train for lower level jobs such as dining hall cooks. She served as editor of many Air Force professional journals. Having reached the rank of Major in the Air Force, she retired, but continued to do research and write many reports/articles for the military. She had just finished her last military project and received payment for another reprint for ''Excalibur'' before she died from [[diabetes|diabetic]] complications. Friends describe her as a quiet lady who was loyal and always creating. |
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==Literary career== |
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| ⚫ | Much of Laubenthal's work concerns [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]], of which she was a native. She also wrote about the history of unrecorded areas of Scotland. She is best known, however, for one major work, the [[King Arthur|Arthurian]] [[fantasy]] ''[[Excalibur (novel)|Excalibur]]'', first published in the [[Ballantine Adult Fantasy series]] in August 1973 and reprinted a number of times since. |
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*''A History of John Hay Air Base, Baguio City, Philippines'' (1981) |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090409084858/https://pax-romana.net/excalibur/ The Excalibur Project] - fansite for Sanders Anne Laubenthal's ''Excalibur''. |
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*[http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/magazine/augsep2002/snippets8a.htm Obituary] |
*[http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/magazine/augsep2002/snippets8a.htm Obituary] |
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 22 December 2024
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Sanders Anne Laubenthal | |
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| Born | December 25, 1943 Mobile, Alabama |
| Died | May 15, 2002 (aged 58) Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notable works | Excalibur (1973) |
Sanders Anne Laubenthal (December 25, 1943 – May 15, 2002) was an American poet, novelist, historian and textbook writer.
Life
[edit]Laubenthal served the United States Air Force from the time of the Vietnam War, starting writing on-the-job training books for trainees in comic book style to train for lower level jobs such as dining hall cooks. She served as editor of many Air Force professional journals. Having reached the rank of Major in the Air Force, she retired, but continued to do research and write many reports/articles for the military. She had just finished her last military project and received payment for another reprint for Excalibur before she died from diabetic complications. Friends describe her as a quiet lady who was loyal and always creating.
Literary career
[edit]Much of Laubenthal's work concerns Mobile, Alabama, of which she was a native. She also wrote about the history of unrecorded areas of Scotland. She is best known, however, for one major work, the Arthurian fantasy Excalibur, first published in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in August 1973 and reprinted a number of times since.
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- The Last Confederate (1967)
- Excalibur (1973)
Poetry
[edit]- Songs of Mobile (1962)
- The Gates of Wonder (1966)
- Interlude and Other Poems (1969)
Nonfiction
[edit]- A History of John Hay Air Base, Baguio City, Philippines (1981)
External links
[edit]- The Excalibur Project - fansite for Sanders Anne Laubenthal's Excalibur.
- Obituary
- Sanders Anne Laubenthal at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Categories:
- 1943 births
- 2002 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American historians
- American women novelists
- Writers of modern Arthurian fiction
- Deaths from diabetes in the United States
- American fantasy writers
- United States Air Force officers
- 20th-century American women writers
- American women historians
- American women poets
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century American poets