Katya Reimann (born 1965) is an American writer of
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
novels.
Biography
Reimann is an author of
high fantasy
High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.Brian Stableford, ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'', (p. 198), Scarecrow Press, Pl ...
novels. Her debut novel, ''Wind from a Foreign Sky'', is set in a world similar to the
Dark Ages. She has cited her literary influences as
T. H. White
Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English writer best known for his Arthurian novels, published together in 1958 as ''The Once and Future King''. One of his most memorable is the first of the series, '' The Sw ...
, 18th century writers, and
Rene Goscinny.
Reimann has a PhD in 18th Century Literature from the University of Oxford, which she achieved in 1995 after six years of study and teaching in England.
She also has a bachelor's degree from Yale University.
She lives in
St. Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center o ...
.
Bibliography
The Tielmaran Chronicles
# ''Wind From a Foreign Sky '' (1996)
# ''A Tremor in the Bitter Earth'' (1998)
# ''Prince of Fire and Ashes'' (2002)
Rulers of Hylor
Upon the death of
Cherry Wilder
Cherry Barbara Grimm (née Lockett, 3 September 1930 – 14 March 2002), better known by the pseudonym Cherry Wilder, was a New Zealand science fiction and fantasy writer.
Biography
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Lockett attended Nelson Colleg ...
, Reimann completed the final book in the series:
* ''The Wanderer'' (2004)
Nominations and awards
*
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...
(1997, nominated)
References
External links
Official website (archived)*
Bibliographyat SciFan
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1965 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American women novelists
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers