Elizabeth Hall

Education

Boyer attended Brigham Young University where she studied English literature and Scandinavian mythology.

Career

Her stories are characterized by light and dark elves, dwarves, trolls, sorcerers, ley lines, burial mounds, wizards, and so forth. Boyer tended to follow the Norse versions of these story elements closely without much deviation. Boyer"s early books are dominated by the theme of the heroic quest.

She was last reported living near Atlanta on a farm, and no longer writing.

The Skyla series in particular was noted as "less ambitious" and darker yet slow-paced, patchy, and tentative. Other critics attribute her lack of popular appeal (compared to contemporaries like Tolkien and Lewis) to a narrower thematic subtext.

Wizard"s War

The Troll"s Grindstone (1986)

The Curse of Slagfid (1989)

The Dragon"s Carbuncle (1990)

The Lord of Chaos (1991)

Skyla

The Clan of the Warlord (1992)

The Black Lynx (1993)

Keeper of Cats (1995)

Boyer also contributed a short story to the anthology Catfantastic II (1990) and penned the short story The Last Gift in 1990.

Achievements

• In recognition for her leadership at Concord Academy and Simon's Rock, Hall received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Miss Hall's School for the leadership to guide a fledgling girl’s school from obscurity to national prominence, for the vision to create a new and almost totally original institution, for the dedication, perseverance, and philanthropic commitment to turn that dream into a reality, and for her devotion to the betterment of young people.

• In the 2006 English National Cross Country Championships she won the gold medal, and the same year set a British record in the 3000m steeplechase.