J. Kathleen Cheney is an American school teacherJ. Kathleen Cheney. "About."
/ref> and author of speculative fiction, active in the field since 2005 and professionally published since 2007.

Biography

Cheney was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of two rocket scientists employed at

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. She took degrees in English and Marketing. after which she worked first as a department store menswear buyer and then a mathematics teacher. She became a full-time writer in 2005. Her hobbies include fencing, gardening, and travel. She has two dogs.

Literary career

Cheney's work has appeared in various periodicals, including ''

Shimmer Magazine ''Shimmer Magazine '' was a quarterly magazine which published speculative fiction, with a focus on material that is dark, humorous or strange. Established in June 2005, ''Shimmer'' was published in digest format and Portable Document Format ...

'', '' Fantasy Magazine'', and ''

Jim Baen's Universe ''Jim Baen's Universe'' (''JBU'') was a bimonthly online fantasy and science fiction magazine created by Jim Baen (founder and long-time publisher of Baen Books). It was recognized by the SFWA as a Qualifying Short Fiction Venue. ''JBU'' began ...

''. She attended two summer writers workshops under

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at the

Center for the Study of Science Fiction Founded by Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers Association Grand Master and Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee James E. Gunn, the J Wayne and Elsie M Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction is an endowed research and educational institution ...

. She considers

C. J. Cherryh Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels '' Downbelo ...

, Ansen Dibell,

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, and

Georgette Heyer Georgette Heyer (; 16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brothe ...

writers whose work has most influenced hers. She also creates cover art for her own works and those of other writers.J. Kathleen Cheney. "Book Cover Insanity: Learning the Ropes of the Book Cover World."
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Bibliography

Hawk's Folly Farm series

*"Iron Shoes" (2010) *"Snow Comes to Hawk's Folly" (2010) *"Snowfall" (2016) *''Iron Shoes: Tales from Hawk's Folly Farm'' (2016) (collection)

Kseniya Ilyevna series

*"The Dragon's Child" (2008) *"Early Winter, Near Jenli Village" (2009) *"The Eretik" (2012) *"The Dragon's Pearl" (2012) *"The Legacy of Dragons" (2012) *"The Waiting Bride" (2012) *"A Time for Every Purpose" (2017) *''The Dragon's Child'' (2017) (collection)

Palace of Dreams series

*"Touching the Dead" (2007) *''Dreaming Death'' (2016) *"A Mention of Death" (2018) *"Endings" (2018) *''Shared Dreams'' (2018) (collection) *''In Dreaming Bound'' (2019)

The Golden City series

*''The Golden City'' (2013) *''The Seat of Magic'' (2014) *''The Shores of Spain'' (2015) *"The Seer's Choice" (2016) *"After the War" (2016) *''The Truth Undiscovered'' (2018) *"Beneath the Waves" (2021)

The Horn series

*''Oathbreaker'' (2017) *''Original'' (2017) *''Overseer'' (2017)

The King's Daughter series

*"The Nature of Demons" (2013) *''The Amiestrin Gambit'' (2018) *''The Passing of Pawns'' (2018) *''The Black Queen'' (2018) *"The Arranged Marriage" (2019) *"The Stains of the Past" (2019) *"Whatever Else" (2019) *''On Common Ground: Tales from the World of The King's Daughter'' (2019) (collection)

Other short fiction

*"A Hand for Each" (2007) *"First Day Jitters" (2008) *"Masks of War" (2008) *"Taking a Mile" (2008) *"The Bear Girl" (2008) *"Afterimage" (2010) *"Fleurs du Mal" (2010) *"Of Ambergris, Blood, and Brandy" (2011) *"Of Blood and Brandy" (2012) *"The Sparrow in Hiding" (2016)

Awards

"Iron Shoes" was nominated for the 2011

Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 40 ...

. ''The Golden City'' placed fifth in the Locus Poll Award for Best First Novel.

References

External links

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