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Born in Indiana, USA, writer Katharine Eliska Kimbriel also spent time in Michigan, Ohio, and California before settling in Texas. She has a B.F.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University, around 700 hours as a Registered Massage Therapist, and 120 hours training in web design. (Note: The web administrator has gone to a written e-mail address to make things harder for the robots. It's still a real e-mail address--just enter it as you normally would...)
Her obligatory itinerant occupations have included research aide, gold caster, janitor, sales clerk, technical writer, and correspondence school instructor. Once upon a time she was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New SF/Fantasy Writer.
Published novels include the historical dark fantasies NIGHT CALLS and KINDRED RITES from HarperCollins/HarperPrism. They feature Alfreda Golden-tongue, the protagonist of short works "Night Calls" and "Triad." On the Science Fiction side of the business, you will find FIRE SANCTUARY, FIRES OF NUALA, and HIDDEN FIRES (from Warner Books, Inc.) stand-alone science fiction tales which take place on the same planet.
Although these books are currently out of print (OOP) they can be found used at bookstores like DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis, MN and at Adventures in Crime and Space in Austin, TX. Or check to see if you have a local Half Price Books. Be sure to check both the fantasy section and the horror section at HPB--the dark fantasy books have been found in either area.
Her non-fiction credits include articles on writing the perfect synopsis, and on finding an agent. Short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, AMAZING!, and such anthologies as ARABESQUES 2, THE BLOOD OF TEN CHIEFS, and WEREWOLVES. She has a new chapbook out from Yard Dog Press called WINGS OF MORNING--it contains "If I Take the WIngs of Morning" and an Alfreda short story called "Ducks."
She is managed by two Burmese and a handful of gargoyles. Her constant hobby is ballroom dancing. Her occasional hobbies include brewing beer, antique roses, wrestling with her Xeriscaped garden, making Ukrainian Easter eggs, and practicing on her Celtic harp Real Soon Now.
KINDRED RITES, (New York, New York: HarperPrism, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, November, 1997.) © 1997 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. OOP. ISBN 0-06-105796-7. 110,000 words.
NIGHT CALLS, (New York, New York: HarperPrism, an imprint of HarperPaperbacks, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, May, 1996.) © 1996 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. OOP. ISBN 0-06-105411-9. 100,000 words.
HIDDEN FIRES, (New York, New York: Questar/Warner Books, Inc., February, 1991.) © 1991 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. OOP. ISBN 0-445-20761-2. 110,000 words.
FIRES OF NUALA, (New York, New York: Questar/Warner Books, Inc., December 1988.) © 1988 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. OOP. ISBN 0-445-20759-0. 110,000 words.
FIRE SANCTUARY, (New York, New York: Questar/Warner Books, Inc., October, 1986.) © 1986 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. OOP. ISBN 0-445-20275-0. 110,000 words.
"That Exploding Toilet Myth" in Flush Fiction, Volume I: Stories to Be Read in One Sitting, ed. Selina Rosen (Alma, Arkansas: Yard Dog Press, April, 2006.) © 2006 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. ISBN 1-893687-79-1. {This anthology of 1000 word stories is a fundraiser for the Yard Dog Press Emergency Medical Fund. All money from it, after printing cost, goes to the fund. Yes, it's a collection for grown-ups! It has occasional bad words. Grown-ups deserve to read about the occasional adult who uses bad words.}}
"Ducks," in Wings of
Morning, by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. (Alma, Arkansas: Yard
Dog Press, June, 2005.) © 2005 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. ISBN 1-893687-67-8.
"Court and Chase," in Against the Wind: The Blood of Ten Chiefs,
Volume 4, ed. Richard Pini (New York, New York: Tom Doherty Associates,
Inc., October, 1990.) Anthology © 1990 by WaRP Graphics. Story © 1990
by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. Trade ISBN 0-812-54906-6. Mass Market ISBN 0-812-52274-5.
"Feather of the Phoenix," in Arabesques II: Even More Tales
of the Arabian Nights, ed. Susan Shwartz (New York, New York: Avon
Books, Publishers, July, 1989.) Anthology © 1989 by Susan Shwartz.
Story © 1989 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. ISBN 0-380-75570-X.
"If I Take the Wings of Morning," in Lord of the Fantastic:Stories
in honor of Roger Zelazny, ed. Martin H. Greenberg (New York, New York:
Avon Books, Publishers, September 1998.) Anthology © 1998 by Avon Books,
Inc., for the Estate of Roger Zelazny. Story © 1998 by Katharine Eliska
Kimbriel. Trade ISBN 0-380-78737-7. Mass Market ISBN 0-380-80886-2. Reprinted
in Wings Of Morning (Alma,
Arkansas: Yard Dog Press,
June, 2005.) © 2005 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. ISBN 1-893687-67-8.
"Metamorphosis," Hunter's Dawn: The Blood of Ten Chiefs,
Volume 6, ed. Richard Pini (New York, New York: Tom Doherty Associates,
Inc.) forthcoming in trade paperback.
"Night Calls," in Werewolves, ed. Jane Yolen and Martin
H. Greenberg (New York, New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, September,
1988.) Anthology © 1988 by Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg.
Story © 1988 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. ISBN 0-06-026798-4.
Reprinted AMAZING Magazine, September, 1992.
"Personal Challenge," in Dark Hours: The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Volume 5, ed. Richard Pini (New York, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., June, 1993.) Anthology © 1993 by WaRP Graphics, Inc. Story © 1993 by KEK. Trade ISBN 0-812-52341-5.
"Triad," in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Ed Ferman. August, 1991. © 1991 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel.
"Wind Warning," in Winds of Change: The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Volume 3, ed. Richard Pini (New York, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., March, 1989.) Anthology © 1989 by WaRP Graphics, Inc. Story © 1989 by KEK. Trade ISBN 0-812-54905-8. Mass Market ISBN 0-812-50700-2.
"The Agent's Game," Writer's Digest, February 1994, pp. 29-33.
Reprinted in The Basics of Getting Started in Writing: A Writer's Digest
Guide, Volume 16, Fall-Winter 1994, pp. 30-34. Reprinted in The Basics
of Selling & Protecting Your Writing: A Survival Guide For Freelance Writers,
Volume 19, 1996, pp. 49-53. © 1994 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel.
"How to Build a Novel Synopsis," Writer's Digest, January, 1996, pp. 30-34. © 1996 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. Reprinted in FICTIONWriter, Spring, 1997, pp. 45-49. © 1996 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel.
"Storming the Synopsis,"The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and
Fantasy Writers of America, © 1997 by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel.
