Altariel
For the character in Tolkien, see Galadriel
| Fan | |
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| Name: | Altariel |
| Alias(es): | Una McCormack |
| Type: | fan writer, pro writer, academic |
| Fandoms: | Lord of the Rings, Blake's 7, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Lois McMaster Bujold & others |
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| URL: | LiveJournal, InsaneJournal, stories at fanfiction.net |
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Altariel is the pseudonym of British tie-in writer Una McCormack. As Altariel, she has written extensively in the Tolkien fandom; she founded the Henneth Annûn mailing list, and was a co-founder of the Henneth Annûn Story Archive. She and her co-writer Isabeau of Greenlea have written an extended series of interconnected stories set in Gondor.
Under the name Una McCormack, she wrote fanfiction based on Blake's 7 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Pro-novels
More recently, McCormack has written several pro-novels in the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises and has scripted two Big Finish Blake's 7 audio-plays.
Academia
McCormack has written several academic articles on fandom. She organised the Biology and Manners: The Worlds of Lois McMaster Bujold conference in 2014.
Interviews
- The Best of Trek Fanfic Interview with Una McCormack. Star Trek (2000)
- Interview with Una McCormack. Blake's 7 (2013)
- OTW Guest Post: Una McCormack (2018)
Notable Fanworks
- A Game of Chess: Novel-length romance concerning Faramir and Eowyn. Winner of the Het category of the voted section of the Mithril Awards 2003
- A Kind of Valediction: Winner of the Men category of the Mithril Awards 2003
- Scorched Earth: The largest and most popular of her Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fic.
Meta
Academic Articles
- 'Finding Ourselves in the (Un)Mapped Lands: Women's Reparative Readings of The Lord of the Rings' in: Perilous And Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien (Janet Brennan Croft & Leslie Donovan, eds) (2015) – studies LotR fanfiction
