Editing Mercedes Lackey (section)

==Related writers==
Mercedes Lackey was a protégée of [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]], and got her start writing short stories in Bradley's story collections. Other mentors include writers C. J. Cherryh and [[Andre Norton]], along with her editor, [[Betsy Wollheim|Elizabeth (Betsy) Wollheim]] of [[DAW Books]].

Her earlier Velgarth novels are all solo projects, but later volumes in the Valdemar saga are illustrated by her husband Larry Dixon, and in many of her latest works he is also credited as co-author. Many of her other novels are collaborations. She has worked with fantasy authors Andre Norton (such as the Halfblood Chronicles), Marion Zimmer Bradley (such as ''Rediscovery'' and ''Tigers Burning Bright''), [[Anne McCaffrey]] (such as ''[[The Ship Who Searched]]''), and [[Piers Anthony]] (''If I Pay Thee Not in Gold''). She has most recently written ''The Obsidian Trilogy'' with historian [[James Mallory (author)|James Mallory]]; a [[historical fantasy]] series about an "alternative" [[Elizabeth I]] with romance writer [[Roberta Gellis]]; and the ''[[Heirs of Alexandria series]]'' with [[Dave Freer]] and [[Eric Flint]].<ref name=FantasticFiction />