Margaret Elizabeth Ball (born November 7, 1947) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and historical novels. Under the pseudonym of Catherine Lyndell, she has also written romance. Ball has a B.A. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Texas. A former Fulbright scholar and UCLA professor, she devotes her time to fabric arts and embeadery. Married with two children, she lives in Austin, Texas.

• Flameweaver (1991)
• Changeweaver (1993)

• Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (1997) (with Anne McCaffrey)
• Acorna's Quest (1998) (with Anne McCaffrey)

• Partnership (1992) (with Anne McCaffrey)
• Brain Ships (omnibus) (2003) (with Mercedes Lackey and Anne McCaffrey)

• "Career Day" (1995) in Chicks in Chainmail
• Mathemagics: A Chicks in Chainmail Novel (1996)
• "Tales from the Slushpile" (1998) in Did You Say Chicks?!
• "Fun with Hieroglyphics" (2000) in The Chick is in the Mail

• The Shadow Gate (1990)
• A Bridge to the Sky (1990)
• No Earthly Sunne (1994)
• Lost in Translation (1995)
• Disappearing Act (2004)
• Duchess of Aquitaine (2007)

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