Gael Baudino

Gael Baudino (born 1955) is a contemporary American fantasy author who also writes under the pseudonyms of Gael Kathryns, Gael A. Kathryns, and G.A. Kathryns. She attended college at the University of Southern California [cite book | title= Author information on last page of Dragonsword | last=Baudino | first=Gael | year=1988 | publisher=Lynx Books | isbn=1-558-02003-9] . Sometime before 1994 she converted from Dianic Wicca and became a Quaker [cite journal | last=Barret | first=David V. | year=1994 | month=December | title=Music and Magic | journal=Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy | volume=90 | pages=19–22] [ cite web | url=http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_quaker.html | title=List of Famous Quakers | accessdate=2007-06-18 ] .As Gael Kathryns she contributed several instructional articles about harping to the Folk Harp Journal during the 1990s [cite web | url=http://tns-www.lcs.mit.edu/harp/fhj/k.html | title=List of Contributors to FHJ|accessdate=2007-12-08] .

Bibliography

The Dragonsword Trilogy

*"Dragonsword" (1988) ISBN 1558020039
*"Duel of Dragons" (1991) ISBN 0451450973
*"Dragon Death" (1992) ISBN 0451451473

The Strands Series

*"Strands of Starlight" (1989) ISBN 0451163710 [cite journal | year=1995 | month=January | title=Book Review: Strands of Starlight | journal=Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy | volume=91 | pages=58]
*"Maze of Moonlight" (1993) ISBN 0451452305
*"Shroud of Shadow" (1993) ISBN 0451452941
*"Strands of Sunlight" (1994) ISBN 0451454081
*"Spires of Spirit" (1997) ISBN 0451455681 - A collection of six short stories set in the "Strands" universe. One of its stories, "The Shadow of the Starlight", was previously published in slightly different form in the April 1985 issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction".

The Water! series

*"O Greenest Branch!" (1995) ISBN 0451454499
*"The Dove Looked In" (1996) ISBN 0451454979
*"Branch and Crown" (1996) ISBN 0451455533

tandalone

*"Gossamer Axe" (1990) ISBN 0451450256
*"The Borders of Life" (1999) as G.A. Kathryns. ISBN 0451455746 This book is previewed in the back of "Spires of Spirit" with the working title of "The Bournes of Life". The preview identifies Gael Baudino as the author rather than G.A. Kathryns.

Short stories

*"Lady of the Forest End" - "Amazons II" edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1982) ISBN 0879977361
*"The Shadow of the Starlight" - published in:
**"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" (April 1985)
**An edited/updated version published in 1997 in "Spires of Spirit".
*"The Persistence of Memory" - published in:
**"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" (November 1985)
**"The Year's Best Fantasy 12" edited by Arthur W. Saha (1986) ISBN 0886771633
**"The Bank Street Book of Fantasy" edited by Howard Zimmerman (1989) ISBN 0671631462. This is a book of short stories converted into graphic novels for early teen readers.
*"Tidings of Comfort and Joy" edited by Dennis L. McKiernan - "The Magic of Christmas" (1992) ISBN 0451451902
*"Before" - "Lammas Night" edited by Mercedes Lackey (1996) ISBN 0671877135
*"Bitterfoot" - "Sisters in Fantasy 2" edited by Susan Schwartz (1996) ISBN 0451455037
*"Charity" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in "Spires of Spirit".
*"Lady of Light" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in "Spires of Spirit".
*"A Touch of Distant Hands" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in "Spires of Spirit".
*"Elvenhome" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in "Spires of Spirit".
*"Please Come to Denver (in the Spring)" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in "Spires of Spirit".

Nonfiction works

*The Wire Strung Primer (as Gael Kathryns) - Raging Celt Productions, Englewood, Colorado, 1991
*"Interzone Science Fiction magazine" #90 (1994), page 19-22. Interview by David V. Barrett: "Music and Magic"

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Balcony/2570/gael.html Pages of Starlight] , a fan page
* [http://scifan.com/writers/bb/BaudinoGael.asp Bibliography] on SciFan
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Ga%E8l%20Baudino Publication index] at ISFDB