Kathryn Lance/Works

Lance’s published works include: ADULT NONFICTION BOOKS: Running for Health and Beauty. Bobbs-Merrill, 1977; Bantam, 1978. 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, by Dr. Gilbert Leveille (ghostwritten). Ballantine, 1985. --New York Sunday Times paperback best-seller list,  six weeks; Publishers Weekly paperback best-seller list, five weeks. Over 400,000 printed. Low-Impact Aerobics, Crown, 1988. The Princeton Plan, 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. British edition, 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, 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 about sister’s death, in Story: Yearbook of Discovery, 1968. 

"Welcome to Valhalla," short story by Kathryn Lance & 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 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. YA / JUVENILE NONFICTION (written as Lynn Beach): Dozens of articles on science, health, nutrition, consumerism, technology, lifestyles, in various national and regional publications, including Scholastic Voice, Future Tech, Fast Track, Bananas, and Creative Classroom. Booklets on such topics as space exploration, scientific experiments, and libraries, for McMillan and other publishers. YA / JUVENILE NOVELS  Written as Kathryn Lance:   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 ALA; German edition 1995. Smashwords and Kindle editions, 2011.

Written as Lynn Beach: "Phantom Valley." YA paranormal mystery series (nine books in all), Minstrel Books (Pocket), 1991-1993.

• 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

Seven books in the "Give Yourself Goosebumps" series, Scholastic, 1995 - 1999. Night of the Werecat and Caution: Aliens at Work, in the "R.L. Stine's Ghosts of Fear Street" series, Minstrel Books (Pocket), 1997 and 1998.   (Twelve ghost-written YA series novels for major publisher, 1990-98.)

• 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

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Lance’s published works include:

ADULT NONFICTION BOOKS:

Running for Health and Beauty. Bobbs-Merrill, 1977; Bantam, 1978.

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, by Dr. Gilbert Leveille (ghostwritten). Ballantine, 1985. --New York Sunday Times paperback best-seller list,  six weeks; Over 400,000 printed.

Low-Impact Aerobics, Crown, 1988.

The Princeton Plan, 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, 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 about sister’s death, in Story: Yearbook of Discovery, 1968.

"Welcome to Valhalla," short story by Kathryn Lance & 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 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.

YA / JUVENILE NONFICTION (written as Lynn Beach):

Dozens of articles and booklets on science, health, nutrition, consumerism, technology, space exploration, lifestyles, in national and regional publications.

YA / JUVENILE NOVELS 

Written as Kathryn Lance:

  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 ALA; German edition 1995. Smashwords and Kindle editions, 2011.

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