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Early life
Tanith Lee was born on September 9th, 1947 in London, England to Bernard and Hylda Lee. Despite a persistent rumor, she is not the daughter of Bernard Lee (the actor who played “M” in the James Bond series films of the 1990’s). According to Lee, although her childhood was happy, she was the “traditional kid that got bullied,” and had to move around frequently due to her parents’ work. Although her family was poor, they maintained a large paperback collection. Lee attended many different schools in childhood. She was incapable of reading due to a mild form of dyslexia which was diagnosed later in life, but when she was aged 8, her father taught her to read in about a month, and she began to write at the age of 9.

Education
As Lee’s parents had to move for jobs, Lee attended numerous primary schools. One of the schools she attended was Catford Grammar School. Three subjects inspired Lee: English, history, and religion. After high school, Lee attended Croydon Art College for a year. Realizing that wasn’t what she wanted to do, she dropped out and held a number of occupations. She has been a file clerk, waitress, shop assistant, and a librarian.

Career
Her first short story, Eustace, was published in 1968. Her first novel (for children) was The Dragon Hoard, published in 1971. Her career really took off with the acceptance in 1975 by Daw Books USA of her adult fantasy epic The Birthgrave – a mass-market paperback. Lee has since maintained a prolific output in popular genre writing. After her second and third publishes, Don’t bite the sun and The storm lord, Lee quit her day job to become a professional freelance writer.

Personal Life
Tanith’s daily routine has changed from when she was younger. When she was younger, she could write for hours upon hours. It was not uncommon for her to write into the early morning hours. Of course she was living alone. Naturally she had fewer distractions. This all began to change. In 1987, Lee met John Kaiine. John is also a writer as well as an artist. In 1992, the couple married. Lee’s routine began to modify. As she ages, she physically cannot work as long as she used to. Naturally, Lee has more distractions because she lives with her husband. One of her favorite things to do is make and drink tea; black and mint tea. “I always think it’s better to make tea because it takes longer… While I’m making my tea, I’m thinking, I’m thinking about what I’m doing so my mind is working even if I’m not.” Lee generally ends her workday around six o’clock to break for dinner. After she enjoys watching history and nature channels on television. Lee and Kaiine are also huge fans of Doctor Who. They currently reside in the south of England.

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Early life
Tanith Lee was born on September 9th, 1947 in London, England to Bernard and Hylda Lee. Despite a persistent rumor, she is not the daughter of Bernard Lee (the actor who played “M” in the James Bond series films of the 1990’s). According to Lee, although her childhood was happy, she was the “traditional kid that got bullied,” and had to move around frequently due to her parents’ work. Although her family was poor, they maintained a large paperback collection. Lee attended many different schools in childhood. She was incapable of reading due to a mild form of dyslexia which was diagnosed later in life, but when she was aged 8, her father taught her to read in about a month, and she began to write at the age of 9.

Education
Because Lee’s parents had to move for jobs, Lee attended numerous primary schools including Catford Grammar School Three subjects inspired Lee: English, history, and religion. After high school, Lee attended Croydon Art College for a year. Realizing that wasn’t what she wanted to do, she dropped out and held a number of occupations: she has been a file clerk, waitress, shop assistant, and a librarian.

Career
Lee's first short story, Eustace, was published in 1968. Her first novel (for children) was The Dragon Hoard, published in 1971. Her career really took off with the acceptance in 1975 by Daw Books USA of her adult fantasy epic The Birthgrave – a mass-market paperback. Lee has since maintained a prolific output in popular genre writing. After her second and third publishes, Don’t bite the sun and The storm lord, Lee quit her day job to become a professional freelance writer.

Personal Life
In 1987, Lee met artist and writer John Kaiine. In 1992, the couple married. Lee's daily routine has changed from when she was younger. When Lee was younger, she could write for long periods of time into the early morning hours. Lee’s routine began to modify because as she ages her stamina decreases. Lee ends her workday around six o’clock to break for dinner as opposed to writing all night. In Lee's free time, she watches history and nature channels on television. Lee and Kaiine are also huge fans of Doctor Who. They currently reside in the south of England.