She currently lives at her home, Greyhaven, in Berkeley, California. She composes and plays music for the harp. She is a pioneer in the revival of Oracular Seidh, which she has taught and performed at many Neopagan and heathen festivals and retreats.
She has been Steerswoman of the Heathen group, The Troth, a member of its Board of Directors, and currently edits its journal, Idunna. She was the western regional director of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and is a frequent panelist at science fiction conventions, especially Baycon, where she was the 2007 Fantasy Guest of Honor.Ī leader in the Neopagan and Heathen revivals, Paxson is the founder of the The Fellowship of the Spiral Path and has served as First Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess. She hosted the first activities of the Society for Creative Anachronism, and was subsequently among that group's founding Directors and Corporate Officers when it incorporated. Paxson has been active in the leadership of a number of organizations. She writes a regular column for the women's spirituality magazine, Sagewoman. Paxson's non-fiction books include Taking Up the Runes, Essential Asatru, and Trance-Portation. Paxson was nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards twice, in 1989 for the "White Raven" and in 1983 for "Lady of Light". Her best-known works are the Westria novels, and the later books in the Avalon series, which she first co-wrote with Marion Zimmer Bradley, then took over sole authorship of after Bradley's death.
In addition to her multiple novels and collaborations, she has written over seventy short stories.
More recently she has also published nonfiction books about Pagan and Heathen religions and practices. Her published works include fantasy and historical fiction novels, as well as numerous short stories. Paxson (born 1943) is a novelist and author of nonfiction, primarily in the fields of Paganism and Heathenism.
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