Beagle, Peter S
Entry updated 6 October 2025. Tagged: Author.
US fantasy author (1939- ) who has written no sf, but whose influence has extended beyond the range of his actual writing. He is given a full entry in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy [see under links below]. In the present encyclopedia, references to Beagle may be found under F&SF; Fantasy Magazine; Mythology; Robert Nathan; Nebula; Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show; Port Iris; Theodore Sturgeon – Beagle wrote the introduction to Case and the Dreamer, Volume XIII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon (coll 2010); and Supernatural Creatures. [JC/DRL]
further awards or honours: Chesley Awards; Eastercon; Hugo; Locus Award; Sfinks Award; World Fantasy Award.
Peter Soyer Beagle
born New York: 20 April 1939
works (selected)
- A Fine and Private Place (New York: The Viking Press, 1960) [hb/George Salter]
- The Last Unicorn (New York: The Viking Press, 1968) [hb/Mel Williamson]
- The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle (New York: The Viking Press, 1978) [omni of the above two plus Lila the Werewolf below and one further story: hb/Darrell Sweet]
- The Folk of the Air (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1986) [hb/Barclay Shaw]
- The Innkeeper's Song (New York: Roc, 1993) [hb/John Jude Palencar]
- The Unicorn Sonata (Atlanta, Georgia: Turner Publishing, 1996) [illus/hb/Robert Rodriguez]
- Tamsin (New York: Roc, 1999) [hb/Paul Youll]
- I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons (New York: Saga, 2024) [hb/Justin Gerard & Annie Gerard]
collections and stories
- Lila the Werewolf (Santa Barbara, California: Capra Press, 1974) [story: chap: hb/Courtlandt Johnson]
- Giant Bones (New York: Roc, 1997) [coll: pb/Tony DiTerlizza]
- The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 1997) [coll: pb/Michael Dashow]
- A Dance for Emilia (New York: Roc, 2000) [novella: chap: hb/Yvonne Gilbert]
- The Line Between (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2006) [coll: hb/Ann Monn]
- The Last Unicorn: The Lost Version (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2007) [chap: first version of The Last Unicorn: hb/Michael Wm Kaluta]
- The Last Unicorn: The Lost Journey (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2018) [chap: exp vt of the above with 3 added essays: illus/hb/Stephanie Pui-Mun Law]
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Magician (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2007) [poetry: coll: chap: pb/]
- Strange Roads (Minneapolis, Minnesota: DreamHaven Books, 2008) [coll: chap: pb/Lisa Snellings-Clark]
- We Never Talk About My Brother (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2009) [coll: pb/Ann Monn]
- Mirror Kingdoms: The Best of Peter S Beagle (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2010) [coll: edited by Jonathan Strahan: hb/Michael W Kaluta]
- Sleight of Hand (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2011) [coll: pb/Ann Monn]
- In Calabria (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2009) [coll: hb/Elizabeth Story]
- The Overneath (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2017) [coll: pb/Elizabeth Story]
- The Karkadann Triangle (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2018) with Patricia A McKillip [coll: chap: one story by each author: hb/Thomas Canty]
- The Essential Peter S Beagle (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2023) [coll: hb/Stephanie Pui-Mun Law]
- The Essential Peter S Beagle: Volume 1: Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2023) [coll: containing half the contents of the above: hb/Stephanie Law]
- The Essential Peter S Beagle: Volume 2: Oakland Dragon Blues and Other Stories (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2023) [coll: containing half the contents of the above: hb/Stephanie Law]
- The Way Home (New York: Ace Books, 2023) [coll: hb/]
- I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons (New York: Saga, 2024) [hb/]
works as editor
- Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (New York: HarperPrism, 1995) with Janet Berliner and Martin H Greenberg [anth: hb/Michael Sabanosh]
- Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn Volume 1 (New York: HarperPrism, 1998) with Janet Berliner and Martin H Greenberg [anth: resorting half the contents of the above: pb/Michael Sabanosh]
- Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn Volume 2 (New York: HarperPrism, 1999) with Janet Berliner and Martin H Greenberg [anth: resorting the remaining contents of the above: pb/Michael Sabanosh]
- The Urban Fantasy Anthology (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2011) with Joe R Lansdale [anth: pb/Elizabeth Story]
- The New Voices of Fantasy (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2017) with Jacob Weisman [anth: pb/Elizabeth Story]
- The Unicorn Anthology (San Francisco, California: Tachyon, 2019) with Jacob Weisman [anth: pb/Thomas Canty]
about the author
- David Stevens. Beyond Horatio's Philosophy: The Fantasy of Peter S. Beagle (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2012) [nonfiction: pb/]
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