Katharine Eliska Kimbriel

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, and various other talents tucked in her quiver. Her obligatory itinerant occupations have included blogger, social media researcher, correspondence school instructor, clinical LMT, web designer and maintainer, technical writer, grant writer, sales clerk, and gold caster. Once upon a time she was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New SF/Fantasy Writer. Katharine's work has long straddled the line: "too literary to be commercial, too commercial to be literary." In other words, she is ready to try success. Published novels include the historical dark fantasies Night Calls and Kindred Rites, originally from HarperCollins/HarperPrism. They feature Alfreda Golden-tongue, the protagonist of short works "Night Calls," "Triad" and "Ducks." On the science fiction side of the business, you will find Fire Sanctuary, Fires of Nuala, and Hidden Fires, stand-alone science fiction tales which take place on the same planet. The SF was originally published by Warner Books. All five novels are now available as e-books from Book View Cafe, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Kobo.com and iTunes.com.