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Julia Ecklar (born 1964) is a John W. Campbell Award–winning science fiction author and a singer and writer of filk music who recorded numerous albums in the Off Centaur label in the early 1980s, including Minus Ten and Counting, Horse-Tamer's Daughter, and Genesis. Her Divine Intervention album released in 1986 was the first filk genre release to combine the lyrical elements with orchestral and rock arrangements.

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Julia's first solo album in 25 years, Horsetamer, was finished by March 2013, produced by Michael Moricz.

L.A. Graf

L.A. Graf is a pseudonym for the writing team formed by Ecklar, Karen Rose Cercone, and Melissa Crandall for the 1992 Star Trek novel #60 Ice Trap. For all later L.A. Graf novels the writing team was a partnership between Ecklar and Cercone. L.A. Graf reportedly stands for Let's All Get Rich and Famous.[1][2]

Bibliography

as Julia Ecklar

• The Kobayashi Maru (1989) Pocket Books: Star Trek #47, ISBN 0-671-65817-4
• "The Music Box" (Analog, September 1989)
• "Carmen Miranda and the Maracas of Death" (Carmen Miranda's Ghost Is Haunting Space Station Three, 1990 anthology, ISBN 0-671-69864-8)
• "Extra Ellies" (Analog, May 1990)
• "Burning Bridges" (Analog, November 1990)
• "A Sweet Disorder" (Analog, September 1991)
• Noah's Ark series
  • "Blood Relations" (Analog, June 1992)
  • "Ice Nights" (Analog, October 1992)
  • "Tide of Stars" (Analog, January 1995)
  • "The Human Animal" (Analog, April 1995)
• "Promised Lives" (Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1993)
• ReGenesis (1995) Ace Books, ISBN 0-441-00189-0
• "Thylacine Dream" (Otherwere: Stories of Transformation, 1996 anthology) ISBN 0-441-00363-X

as L.A. Graf

• Ice Trap (July 1992) Star Trek #60, ISBN 0-671-78068-9
• Death Count (November 1992) Star Trek #62, ISBN 0-671-79322-5
• Firestorm (January 1994) Star Trek #68, ISBN 0-671-86588-9
• Traitor Winds (June 1994) Star Trek #70, ISBN 0-671-86913-2
• Caretaker (February 1995) Star Trek: Voyager #1, ISBN 0-671-51914-X
• Extreme Prejudice (March 1995) Alien Nation #7, ISBN 0-671-79570-8
• Time's Enemy (August 1996) Star Trek: DS9 #16, ISBN 0-671-65817-4
• Armageddon Sky (September 1997) Star Trek: Day of Honor #2, ISBN 0-671-00675-4
• War Dragons (June 1998) Star Trek: The Captain's Table #1, ISBN 0-671-01463-3
• "Reflections" (The Lives of Dax, 1999 anthology) ISBN 0-671-02840-5
• Rough Trails (July 2000) Star Trek: New Earth Book Three, ISBN 0-671-86913-2
• The Janus Gate (October 2002 omnibus) ISBN 0-7394-2854-3
  1. Present Tense (June 2002) ISBN 0-671-03635-1
  2. Future Imperfect (June 2002) ISBN 0-671-03636-X
  3. Past Prologue (July 2002) ISBN 0-7434-4596-1

Discography

• To Touch the Stars: A Musical Celebration of Space Exploration (contributor)
• Minus Ten and Counting (contributor)
• Traveller (re-released on CD in 2006)
• Genesis (out of print)
• Divine Intervention (Prometheus Music, 1986)
• Walkabout (Dodeka Records)
• Balance (DAG Productions)
• Space Heroes & Other Fools (contributor, 1983)[3][4]
• Horsetamer's Daughter (Off Centaur Publications, 1983)
• A Wolfrider's Reflections (Warp Graphics, 1987)

Awards

• John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 1991
• Inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame 1996

Pegasus Awards

• Best Female Filker 1984
• Best Performer 1987
• Best Writer/Composer 1990
• Best Literature Song 1990: "Daddy's Little Girl"
• Best War/Vengeance Song 1991: "Temper of Revenge"
• Best Filk Song 1992: "God Lives on Terra"
• Best Sorcery Song 1997: "The Dark Is Rising" (with Susan Cooper)
• Best Classic Filk Song 2004: "Ladyhawke!"
• Best Classic Filk Song 2011: "The Phoenix"

See also

• List of Star Trek novels

References

External links

• Julia's LiveJournal – focuses on her graduate education and interest in animal behavior.
• Julia Ecklar at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• L. A. Graf (joint pseudonym) at LC Authorities, with 12 records

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