Kurt R. A. Giambastiani

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name = Kurt R.A. Giambastiani


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birthdate = Birth date and age|1958|12|04
birthplace = San Rafael, California, USA
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occupation = novelist/software developer
nationality = American
ethnicity = Italian, French, Swiss, Mi'kmaq
citizenship = American
period = Early 21st century
genre = Science fiction, fantasy, adventure, romance, alternate history, historical fantasy, historical fiction
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Kurt Robert Achilles Giambastiani (born December 4, 1958) is a novelist whose works blend elements of science fiction, fantasy, adventure, and romance. Giambastiani's work is also usually imbued with a strong historical context, resulting in many of his novels being classified as alternate history, historical fantasy, or historical fiction.

Biography

Born in San Rafael, California, Giambastiani first embarked on a career in music. He studied classical music at San Francisco State University before transferring to the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, Israel. He moved to Seattle, Washington in 1984.

Upon returning to the United States from Israel, he spent several years as a violist with regional orchestras, including five years as principal violist with the Bellevue Philharmonic in Washington State. At the same time, Giambastiani built a second career as a software developer.

Giambastiani switched from music to writing in the early 1990s, concentrating on short stories in science fiction and fantasy. After several publications of his short fiction, he turned to novels and, in 2001, debuted with "The Year the Cloud Fell", the first volume in his Fallen Cloud Saga, which was a finalist for the Endeavour Award.

Bibliography

Novels

eries Novels

* The Fallen Cloud Saga
** The Year the Cloud Fell (2001) Roc Books (ISBN 9780451458216)
** The Spirit of Thunder (2002) Roc Books (ISBN 9780451458704)
** Shadow of the Storm (2003) Roc Books (ISBN 9780451459169)
** From the Heart of the Storm (2004) Roc Books (ISBN 9780451459558)
* The Ploughman Chronicles
** Ploughman's Son (2005) Mouse Road Press (ISBN 9781411637795)
** Ploughman King (2006) Mouse Road Press (ISBN 9781411642546)

tandalone Novels

* Dreams of the Desert Wind (2004) Fairwood Press (ISBN 9780974657332)
* Unraveling Time (2006) Mouse Road Press (ISBN 9781847289476)

hort Works

* "Sum of the Angles" ("Vision", 1991)
* "Supplanter" ("Science Fiction Review", Winter 1991)
* "Veiled Glimpses" ("Midnight Zoo", 1992)
* "Still Falling" ("Air Fish", Catseye Books, 1993)
* "Spencer's Peace" ("Dragon", March 1994)
* "Bio-Dome" ("Year 2000" 1995)
* "Intaglio" ("Tomorrow", Oct 1995)
* "Of Light and Color" ("Talebones", Fall 1997)
* "Long Distance" ("Talebones", Fall 1998)
* "Ploughman's Son" ("MZB's Fantasy Magazine" 1999)
* "The Duenna" ("Bygone Days", 2002)
* "The Revitalization of Emily" ("Oceans of the Mind" 2002)
* "Destrier's Will" ("Bygone Days", 2004)
* "The Text" ("Oceans of the Mind", 2004)

External links

* [http://www.sff.net/people/giambastiani/ Kurt R.A. Giambastiani's official website]
* [http://www.iblistforums.com/IBDOF-author-detailedview.php?author=851 Kurt R.A. Giambastiani's IBList entry]
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Kurt%20R.%20A.%20Giambastiani Kurt R.A. Giambastiani's ISFDB entry]
* [http://www.osfci.org/endeavour/ OSFCI's Endeavour Award]
* [http://www.sff.net/people/giambastiani/Stories/S_Spencer.htm Short story online: "Spencer's Peace"]
* [http://www.sff.net/people/giambastiani/Stories/S_Intaglio.htm Short story online: "Intaglio"]
* [http://www.sff.net/people/giambastiani/Novels/N_UT.htm Excerpt from "Unraveling Time"]
* [http://www.sff.net/people/giambastiani/Novels/N_DOTDW.htm Excerpt from "Dreams of the Desert Wind"]
* [http://www.sff.net/people/giambastiani/Novels/N_PC1.htm Excerpt from "Ploughman's Son"]
* [http://www.sff.net/people/giambastiani/Novels/N_FC1.htm Excerpt from "The Year the Cloud Fell"]
* [http://www.jamd.ac.il/english/ Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance]
* [http://www.sfsu.edu/ San Francisco State University]