 She is a recipient of the World Fantasy Award—Novel.Elizabeth Lynn is an openly lesbian science fiction and fantasy writer who has written numerous works featuring positive gay protagonists.Her "Chronicles of Tornor" novels (1979–80), the first book of which, "Watchtower", won the World Fantasy Award, were among the first fantasy novels to have gay relationships as an unremarkable part of the cultural background, and included explicit and sympathetic depictions of same-sex love.