Kathryn Lance

Kathryn Lance (November 26, 1943 – January 29, 2022) was an American writer in many fields of fiction and non-fiction under her own name and various pseudonyms, as well as being the ghostwriter for numerous books purportedly written by other people. She had written dozens of young adult novels in the science-fiction, mystery, and horror genres, many of them in series as by Lynn Beach. She had also written magazine articles and stories for both adults and children. Her topics included diet, sports, fitness, Getting Strong. Bobbs-Merrill, 1978; Bantam, 1979. First mass-market book on weight training for women. More than 150,000 sold. A Woman's Guide to Spectator Sports. A & W, 1980. Alternate selection of Book of the Month Club. Total Sexual Fitness for Women, in collaboration with Maria Agardy. Rawson, Wade, 1981. Sportsbeauty. Avon, 1984. The Setpoint Diet, as by Dr. Gilbert Leveille (ghostwritten). Ballantine, 1985. New York Times Sunday paperback best-seller list for six weeks; over 400,000 printed. Low-Impact Aerobics, Crown, 1988. The Princeton Plan, as by Edwin Heleniak, M.D. and Barbara Aston, M.S. (ghostwritten). St. Martins, 1990. The Body Code, by Jay Cooper with Kathryn Lance. Pocket, 1999. Alternate Selection of Book of the Month Club. The Botox Book, by Everett M. Lautin, M.D., and Suzanne M. Levine, D.P.M., and Kathryn Lance. M. Evans, 2002. You Don’t Need Plastic Surgery, by Everett M. Lautin, M.D., and Suzanne M. Levine, D.P.M. and Kathryn Lance, M. Evans, 2003. Heart and Soul: A Psychological and Spiritual Guide to Preventing and Healing Heart Disease, as by Bruno Cortis, M.D., (ghostwritten). Villard, 1995; Pocket, 1996. Unlocking the Animal Mind, by Franklin D. McMillan, D.V.M., with Kathryn Lance. Rodale, 2004.

Adult fiction

"Barbara Ann,” short story based on her sister’s death, in Story: Yearbook of Discovery, 1968. "Welcome to Valhalla," short story by Kathryn Lance and Jack McDevitt, Asimov’s Science Fiction, December, 2008. Anthologized in Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt, Subterranean Press, 2009. Pandora's Genes. Questar, 1985. Winner, Best New Science Fiction Novel 1985, Romantic Times; Locus magazine Recommended List, 1986. Smashwords and Kindle editions, 2011. Pandora's Children. Questar, 1986. Smashwords and Kindle editions, 2011. The Ptorrigan Lode, novella, Smashwords and Kindle, 2011.

Young Adult and/or juvenile nonfiction As written by Lynn Beach: Dozens of articles and booklets on science, health, nutrition, consumerism, technology, space exploration, lifestyles, in national and regional publications.

Young Adult and/or juvenile fiction

Going to See Grassy Ella, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, May, 1993. Named Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers 1994 by Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association German edition 1995. Smashwords and Kindle editions, 2011.

As written by Lynn Beach "Phantom Valley", a Young Adult paranormal mystery series comprising The Evil One, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1991 The Dark, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1991 Scream of the Cat, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1992 Stranger in the Mirror, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1992 The Spell, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1992 The Headless Ghost, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1992 Dead Man’s Secret, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1992 In the Mummy’s Tomb, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1992 Curse of the Claw, Minstrel Books (Pocket), NYC, 1993

Others, under various names

Seven books in the "Give Yourself Goosebumps" series, Scholastic, 1995—1999 Twelve ghost-written Young Adult series novels for a single publisher, 1990–98 Night of the Werecat, in the "R.L. Stine's Ghosts of Fear Street" series, Minstrel Books (Pocket), 1997 and 1998. Caution: Aliens at Work, in the "R.L. Stine's Ghosts of Fear Street" series, Minstrel Books (Pocket), 1997 and 1998. Secrets of the Lost Island, Scholastic, NYC, 1985 The Haunted Castle of Ravencurse, Avon, NYC, 1985 Attack of the Insecticons, Ballantine, NYC, 1985 Conquest of the Time Master, Avon, NYC, 1986 Invasion from Darkland, Avon, NYC, 1986 Operation Jungle Doom, Random House, NYC, 1987 Operation Time Machine, Random House, NYC, 1987 Invisibility Island, Parachute Press, NYC, 1988