Elizabeth Ann Scarborough grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. She was earned a RN from Bethany Hospital School of Nursing in 1968. She was a practicing nurse for well over a decade, including 5 years as an RN in the US Army, one year of which she served in Vietnam during the eponymous war. Her writing career began in 1982 with the publication of her first novel, following which she entered the University of Alaska, earning a BA Magna Cum Laude in 1987.^[2][3] She is still an active novelist publishing at least one novel in every year after 1986, except for 1990, 2011, 2013, and 2014 (in which she published short story collections instead). She now publishes the bulk of her independent work through Gypsy Shadow Publishers.

Scarborough won a Nebula Award in 1989 for her novel The Healer's War.^[4]

Non-fiction edit

• "The Dragon Lady's Songs", from Dragonwriter, 2013
• "Nursing Our Wounds", from Health Progress, 2016

Collaborations with Anne McCaffrey edit

• The Acorna Series, 1999-2007
• Petaybee Series, 1993-2008

Argonia/Songs from the Seashell Archives Quintet edit

• Vol. 1: Song of Sorcery, 1982
• Vol. 2: The Unicorn Creed, 1983
• Vol. 3: Bronwyn's Bane, 1983
• Vol. 4: The Christening Quest, 1985
• Vol. 5: The Dragon, the Witch and the Railroad, 2015
• Vol. 6: The Redundant Dragons, 2019

Drastic Dragon series edit

• Vol. 1: The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas, 1986
• Vol. 2: The Goldcamp Vampire, 1987

The Songkiller Saga edit

• Vol. 1: Phantom Banjo, 1991
• Vol. 2: Picking the Ballad’s Bones, 1991
• Vol. 3: Strum Again?, 1992

Nothing Sacred series edit

• Vol. 1: Nothing Sacred, 1991
• Vol. 2: Last Refuge, 1992

Godmother series edit

• Vol. 1: The Godmother, 1994
• Vol. 2: The Godmother’s Apprentice, 1995
• Vol. 3: The Godmother’s Web, 1998

Cleopatra series edit

• Vol. 1: Channeling Cleopatra, 2002
• Vol. 2: Cleopatra 7.2, 2004

Spam the Cat series edit

• Vol. 1 Spam Vs the Vampire, 2011
• Vol. 2 Father Christmas or Spam the Cat's First Christmas
• Vol. 3 The Tour Bus of Doom or Spam and the Zombie Apocalyps-o

Standalone novels edit

• The Harem of Aman Akbar, 1984
• The Healer's War, 1988 (Nebula Award for Best Novel 1989)
• Carol for Another Christmas, 1996
• The Lady in the Loch, 1998

Anthologies edit

• Space Opera, with Anne McCaffrey, 1996
• Warrior Princesses, with Martin H. Greenberg, 1998
• Past Lives, Present Tense, 1999
• Vampire Slayers: Stories of Those Who Dare to Take Back the Night, with Martin H. Greenberg, 1999

Collections edit

• "Shifty", 2013
• "Nine Tails O' Cats", 2011
• "Scarborough Fair and Other Stories", 2003
• "Introduction"
• "The Mummies of the Motorway", 2001
• "Final Vows", 1998
• "Whirlwinds", 1998
• "Worse Than the Curse", 2000
• "Boon Companion", 2002
• "Long Time Coming Home", with Rick Reaser, 2002
• "Mu Mao and the Court Oracle", 2001
• "Don’t Go Out in Holy Underwear or Victoria’s Secret or Space Panties!!!", 1996
• "The Invisible Woman’s Clever Disguise", 2000
• "A Rare Breed", 1995
• "Scarborough Fair", 1996

Other short fiction edit

• "Milk from a Maiden's Breast", 1987
• "Wolf From the Door", 1988
• "The Elephant In-Law", 1988
• "The Camelot connection", 1988
• "Bastet's Blessing", 1989
• "The Castle's Haunted Parking Lot", 1991
• "The Queen's Cat's Tale", 1991
• "The Dragon of Tollin", 1992
• "Candy's Wonder Cure", 1993
• "The Cat-Quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent", 1994
• "Jean-Pierre and the Gator-Maid", 1994
• "The Stone of War and the Nightingale's Egg", 1995
• "First Communion", 1995
• "Born Again", 1996
• "The Snake Charm
• "The Attack of the Avenging Virgins", 1998
• "Debriefing the Warrior/Princess", 1998
• "The Fatal Wager", 1998
• "Final Vows", 1998
• "Worse Than The Curse", 2000
• "The Mummies of the Motorway", 2001
• "Jewels Beyond Price", 2005
• "Spam and the Sasquatch", 2015
• "Spam, the Spooks, and the UPS Bandit" 2015

• Home and Biography at the Internet Archive, archived March 2016
• Elizabeth Ann Scarborough at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Elizabeth Ann Scarborough at Library of Congress, with 43 library catalog records
• Interview with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and Anne McCaffrey about co-authoring two books, A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour TV Series, Episode #105 (1994)