Kristen Britain

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Kristen Britain is an American author. She wrote Green Rider (which was nominated for the Crawford Award),[1] First Rider's Call, The High King's Tomb, Blackveil (which was nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award),[2] and Mirror Sight. The sixth book in the Green Rider series, Firebrand, was released February 28, 2017.

Early life and education[]

Britain grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, where she started her first novel — an undersea fantasy featuring herself and her friends — at the age of nine. She published her first book, a cartoon collection called Horses and Horsepeople, at the age of thirteen.[3]

After completing her degree in film production, with a minor in writing,[4] at Ithaca College in 1987, she went to work for the National Park Service in 1988[4] after a conversation with a park ranger during a visit to Women's Rights National Historical Park.

Career[]

Her first ranger job was a seasonal position at Clara Barton National Historic Site in Maryland.[5] At the time of the publication of her first novel, Green Rider, she was working full-time as a park ranger at Acadia National Park, and she drew much of the inspiration for the landscape of Sacoridia from the park.[6] Her many years as a park ranger enabled her to work in a variety of natural and historical settings, from 300 feet below the surface of the Earth to 13,000 feet above sea level on the Continental Divide; and from the textile mills of the American Industrial Revolution to the homes of Americans who changed the course of history.[3]

Personal life[]

She lives in Maine.[7]

Literary career[]

Kristen Britain's first novel, "Green Rider", was published by DAW Books in November 1998. It was nominated in 1999 for both the Locus Award for Best First Novel[8] and the William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award, short Crawford Award.[9] The fourth novel in her Green Rider series, "Blackveil", was nominated for the 2011 Goodreads Fantasy Award.[10]

Published works[]

Green Rider Series[]

  • Green Rider (1998, ISBN 0-88677-858-1 US paperback; ISBN 0-671-03303-4 UK paperback)
  • First Rider's Call (2003, ISBN 0-7564-0193-3 US paperback; ISBN 0-7434-0894-2 UK paperback) (initial working title was Mirror of the Moon)[5]
  • The High King's Tomb (2007, ISBN 0-7564-0266-2)
  • Blackveil (2011, ISBN 978-0-7564-0660-8, hardcover)
  • Mirror Sight (2014, ISBN 978-0-7564-0879-4, hardcover)
  • Firebrand (2017, ISBN 978-0-7564-0880-0, hardcover)
  • (2018, ISBN 978-0-7564-1496-2, hardcover); collection of Green Rider short fiction
  • Winterlight (Forthcoming)

Short stories[]

  • Linked, on the Lake of Souls in DAW 30th Anniversary Anthology: Fantasy 2003
  • Avalonia Out Of Avalon 2001
  • Justine and the Mountie in Imaginary Friends 2008
  • Chafing the Bogey Man in Misspelled 2008

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2013-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2013-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Kristen Britain Biography Archived 2009-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Fantasy-writing alumna to give storytelling tips Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine," The Ithacan, 2009-04-16
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Kristen Britain Interview, Future Fiction
  6. ^ "Into the Woods: An Interview with Kristen Britain," Amazon UK
  7. ^ "Kristen Britain's Official Site".
  8. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Science Fiction Awards Database".
  10. ^ "Best Fantasy". Goodreads. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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