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->''"I was the definitive outsider, my life nothing like any of my classmates, so I tended to live inside my own head. When I started to read, I wanted to go places that were nothing like the places I had to go every day."''

Tanya Huff is a Canadian author of sci-fi/fantasy works. Also, Tanya Huff [[ItMakesSenseInContext is scum]]. In the very best possible way.

Her works which have pages here:
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* The ''Literature/BloodBooks'', which were later made into the TV series ''Series/BloodTies2007''. Huff actually got to write an episode of the show, "Stone Cold".
* The ''Literature/SmokeAndShadows'' trilogy that followed up the Blood books
* The ''Literature/KeepersChronicles'' trilogy
* The ''Literature/ConfederationOfValor'' series
* The ''Literature/{{Quarters}}'' series
* ''Scholar of Decay'', a ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' stand alone novel.
* The ''Literature/TheEnchantmentEmporium'' series, starring the [[InTheBlood magic-using Gale family]].
* ''Literature/TheFiresStone''
* ''Literature/AWomansWork'' (a short story collected in different anthologies)
* ''Literature/SwansBraidAndOtherTalesOfTerizan'' (a collection of short stories about lesbian thief Terizan which had been printed previously in other anthologies)
* ''Literature/ThirdTimeLuckyAndOtherStoriesOfTheMostPowerfulWizardInTheWorld'' (a collection of short stories about the most powerful wizard in the world, Magdelene, all of them published in other anthologies before)
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She's written numerous short stories and books, most of the latter in series, though she's had the occasional standalone novel too.

Huff is married to fellow Canadian fantasy author [[Literature/TalesOfTheBranionRealm Fiona Patton]].
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!!Tropes present in works by Tanya Huff:
* ActionGirl: Basically all of her female characters are good in a fight, even if they're not primarily soldiers. ''Literature/ConfederationOfValor'' is the outstanding example, featuring female {{Space Marine}}s in the lead.
* AuthorAppeal: Nearly every book she writes has people being freely sexually active with both sexes with little consequence (EternalSexualFreedom or FreeLoveFuture, depending on the setting). She's an openly bisexual woman (married to fellow spec fic writer Fiona Patton) who's featured numerous LGBT+ characters in her works, portraying societies with [[NonHeteronormativeSociety no stigma against them usually]]. They're heavily bisexuals, as stated above, to the point of EveryoneIsBi sometimes, but she's also written gays, lesbians and asexuals.
* EnlightenedSelfInterest:
** In the ''Literature/ConfederationOfValor'' novels, the Confederation gave the humans, Taykans, Krai, and Silsviss tech bumps in exchange for becoming their warrior races for the war with the Others.
** In Huff's short story ''Literature/AWomansWork'', the {{Evil Over|lord}}lady builds hospitals and schools for her citizens, as this makes her popular and less likely to be assassinated. It also enables her to influence what the kids are taught, and who gets to be healed.
* EveryoneIsBi: A lot of her works have bisexuals as the majority.
* GenderIsNoObject: Her work usually features societies with no social barriers regarding gender, and sometimes [[GenderConcealingWriting misleads the reader briefly on a character's gender]] due to the role they're in (e.g. "guards" that turn out to be women). This includes not simply [[ActionGirl many female soldiers]], but also ones who hold the military's highest ranks as well, for instance a marshal.
* NonHeteronormativeSociety: The societies which she writes have LGBT+ people and relationships as unremarkable aspects whom everyone fully accepts (or sometimes [[EveryoneIsBi they're the majority]]).
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