Jo Clayton

(1939-1998) was an American Speculative Fiction author. Born and raised with her parents and two sisters in Modesto, California, she graduated from the University of Southern California in 1963. After that, she took on a job as a teacher in Bell, California. In 1969, she converted to Catholicism and moved to Louisiana to join the Sisters of Mount Carmel, a religious order in New Orleans. She left the order three years later. While in New Orleans, she painted people's pets in addition to writing. In the late nineties, after developing multiple myeloma (cancer of the bone marrow), she was confined to a hospital, but this didn't stop her from writing a novel and a half. She succumbed to her disease in 1998, but not without leaving thirty-five novels and multiple short stories behind her.

According to Wikipedia:

Diadem universe

• The Diadem Saga
  • Diadem from the Stars (1977)
  • Lamarchos (1978)
  • Irsud (1978)
  • Maeve (1979)
  • Star Hunters (1980)
  • The Nowhere Hunt (1981)
  • Ghosthunt (1983)
  • The Snares of Ibex (1984)
  • Quester's Endgame (1986)

• Shadith's Quest
  • Shadowplay (1990)
  • Shadowspeer (1990)
  • Shadowkill (1991)

• The Shadowsong Trilogy
  • Fire in the Sky (1995)
  • The Burning Ground (1995)
  • Crystal Heat (1996)

• Standalone novels
  • A Bait of Dreams (1985)
  • Shadow of the Warmaster (1988)

The Skeen Trilogy

• • Skeen's Leap (1986)
  • Skeen's Return (1987)
  • Skeen's Search (1987)

Duel of Sorcery universe

• The Duel of Sorcery Trilogy
  • Moongather (1982)
  • Moonscatter (1983)
  • Changer's Moon (1985)

• The Dancers Trilogy
  • Dancer's Rise (1993)
  • Serpent Waltz (1994)
  • Dance Down the Stars (1994)

Drinker of Souls universe

• The Soul Drinker Trilogy
  • Drinker of Souls (1986)
  • Blue Magic (1988)
  • A Gathering of Stones (1989)

• The Wild Magic Series
  • Wild Magic (1991)
  • Wildfire (1992)
  • The Magic Wars (1993)

The Drums of Chaos

• • Drum Warning (1996)
  • Drum Calls (1997)
  • Drum into Silence (2002), completed posthumously by Kevin Andrew Murphy

Short fiction

• "A Bait of Dreams" (1979)
• "A Thirst For Broken Water" (1979)
• "Southwind My Mother" (1980)
• "Companioning" (1980)
• "Nightwork" (1982)
• "Currents" (1985)
• "Interlude Among the Shaborn" (1985)
• "Jezeri and Her Beast Go to the Fair and Find More Excitement Than They Want" (1985)
• "Old Acquaintances and New" (1985)
• "Team Venture" (1985)
• "Change" (1990)
• "Arakney's Web" (1993)
• "Maggot's Feast" (1994)
• "Bloodsong" (1995)
• "Dinner Music" (1995)
• "Hallah's Choice" (1995)
• "The Prism of Memory" (1995)
• "In a Yellow Dress" (1995)
• "The Hero Trap" (1995)
• "The Man Who Loved the River" (1995)
• "Peeling the Heart" (1995)
• "The Ninth Expiation" (1995)
• "Potholes in the Road to Hell" (1995)
• "Fox Maid's Travail" (1996)
• "Patience" (1996)
• "Water Patterns" (1996)
• "Pavanne for a Dead Pross" (1996)
• "The Bone's Captive Bride" (1997)
• "Ghost Rot" (1997)
• "Borrowed Light" (1997)
• "The Hour of the Sisters" (1998)
• "Traps" (1998)
• "Prices" (2000)