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Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books and essays, and is best known for her science fiction, fantasy novels and short stories. Her father, Alfred Kroeber, was granted the first Ph.D. in Anthropology in the United States in 1901 (Columbia University).

First published in the 1960s, she is now regarded as one of the best modern science fiction and fantasy authors, noted for her exemplary style and for her exploration of Taoist, anarchist, feminist, psychological and sociological themes.

Contents 1 Fiction 1.1 Earthsea (fantasy) 1.1.1 The Earthsea novels 1.1.2 The Earthsea short stories 1.2 Hainish Cycle (science fiction) 1.2.1 The Hainish Cycle novels 1.2.2 The Hainish Cycle short stories 1.3 Miscellaneous novels and story cycles 1.4 Short story collections 1.5 Books for children and young adults 1.5.1 The Catwings Collection 1.5.2 Annals of the Western Shore 1.5.3 Other books for children and young adults

Fiction

Earthsea (fantasy)

The Earthsea novels

• A Wizard of Earthsea, 1968
• The Tombs of Atuan, 1971
• The Farthest Shore, 1972 (Winner of the National Book Award)
• Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea, 1990 (Winner of the Nebula Award)
• The Other Wind, 2001

Note: The short story "Dragonfly" from Tales from Earthsea, 2001, is intended to fit in between Tehanu and The Other Wind and, according to Le Guin, is "an important bridge in the series as a whole".<ref>The Other Wind, Ursula K. Le Guin's Website</ref>

The Earthsea short stories

• "The Word of Unbinding", 1975 (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters; originally published in the January 1964 issue of Fantastic)
• "The Rule of Names", 1975 (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters)
• "Dragonfly" (in Legends, ed. Robert Silverberg; also in Tales from Earthsea)
• Tales from Earthsea, short story collection, 2001 (winner of Endeavour Award)

Hainish Cycle (science fiction)

The Hainish Cycle novels

• Rocannon's World, 1966
• Planet of Exile, 1966
• City of Illusions, 1967
• The Left Hand of Darkness, 1969 (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
• The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, 1974 (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
• The Word for World is Forest, 1976 (winner of the Hugo Award)
• Four Ways to Forgiveness, 1995 (Four Stories of the Ekumen)
• Worlds of Exile and Illusion, 1996 (omnibus of Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile and City of Illusions)
• The Telling, 2000 (winner of Endeavour Award)

The Hainish Cycle short stories

• "Dowry of the Angyar", 1964 (appears as "Semley's Necklace" in The Wind's Twelve Quarters; also used as the prologue of Rocannon's World)
• "Winter's King", 1969 (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters)
• "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow", 1971 (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters)
• "The Day Before the Revolution", 1974 (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters; winner of the Nebula Award and Locus Award)
• "The Shobies' Story", 1990 (in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea)
• "Dancing to Ganam", 1993 (in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea)
• "Another Story OR A Fisherman of the Inland Sea", 1994 (in A Fisherman of the Inland Sea)
• "The Matter of Seggri", 1994 (in The Birthday of the World; winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award)
• "Unchosen Love", 1994 (in The Birthday of the World)
• "Solitude", 1994 (in The Birthday of the World; winner of the Nebula Award)
• "Coming of Age in Karhide", 1995 (in The Birthday of the World)
• "Mountain Ways", 1996 (in The Birthday of the World; winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award)
• "Old Music and the Slave Women", 1999 (in The Birthday of the World)

Miscellaneous novels and story cycles

• The Lathe of Heaven, 1971 (made into TV movies, 1980 and 2002)
• The Eye of the Heron, 1978 (first published in the anthology Millennial Women)
• Malafrena, 1979
• The Beginning Place, 1980 (also published as Threshold, 1986)
• Always Coming Home, 1985
• Lavinia, 2008
• Direction of the Road, ?

Note: Le Guin has said that The Eye of the Heron might form part of the Hainish cycle. The other tales are unconnected with any of her other works, except that Malafrena takes place in the same realistic-but-imagined part of Europe as Orsinian Tales.

Short story collections

• The Wind's Twelve Quarters, 1975
• Orsinian Tales, 1976
• The Compass Rose, 1982
• Buffalo Gals, and Other Animal Presences, 1987
• Searoad, 1991
• A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, 1994
• Unlocking the Air and Other Stories, 1996
• The Birthday of the World, 2002, ISBN
• Changing Planes, 2003, ISBN

Books for children and young adults

The Catwings Collection

• Catwings, 1988
• Catwings Return, 1989
• Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings, 1994
• Jane on her Own, 1999

Annals of the Western Shore

• Gifts, 2004
• Voices, 2006
• Powers, 2007

Other books for children and young adults

• Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, 1976, ISBN 0-15-205208-9
• Leese Webster, 1979, ISBN 0-689-30715-2
• Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World, 1984, ISBN 0-399-21491-7
• A Visit from Dr. Katz, 1988, ISBN 0-689-31332-2
• Fire and Stone, 1989, ISBN 0-689-31408-6
• Fish Soup, 1992, ISBN 0-689-31733-6
• A Ride on the Red Mare's Back, 1992, ISBN 0-531-07079-4
• Tom Mouse, 2002, ISBN 0-7613-1599-3