Category:Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey is a significant songwriter and novelist in Filk. She has written the lyrics to many songs, often with Leslie Fish composing the music as part of the "Leslac" team.

Her fantasy novels also often have songs associated with them, oftentimes written as in-story songs: songs that are intended to be understood as songs the people in the story actually know and sing.

Mercedes Lackey won the Pegasus Award for "Best Writer/Composer" in 1988. Several of her songs have also won Pegasus Awards.