Pauli Kidd (Pauli Jayne Kidd; formerly Paul James Kidd), also known as Patpahootie, is an Australian writer of

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Career

Before pursuing a career in writing Kidd had worked at

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, an Australia-based game developer. She is credited as, among other things, the writer, director and lead designer of ''

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'', an action-adventure title for the NES. She is also credited as the lead designer for ''

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime, with occasional elements of conspir ...

''. Kidd's first book, entitled '' Mus of Kerbridge'', was released in 1995 and received a short-list nomination for the 1995

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best fantasy novel. She has since released six more stand alone novels, written a two book series and has contributed to two of the ''

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'' novel series, '' Forgotten Realms: Nobles'' and ''

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''. Her novel releases include ''White Plume Mountain'' (WOTC), ''Descent into the Depths of the Earth'' (WOTC), ''A Whisper of Wings'' (Vision), ''The Rats of Acomar'' (Vision), ''The Fangs of K'aath'' (United Press UK), ''Lilith'' (Vision), ''Petal Storm'' (Vision), ''Neue Europa'' (Vision), and the ''Petal Storm'' graphic novel series. Kidd also has written a non-fiction strategy guide based on the video game '' Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?'' and has written two short stories which were published in ''

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'' Magazine. Kidd lives in

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, Australia.

Bibliography

Kidd has had a long career as an author.

Novels

*'' Mus of Kerbridge'' (1995) *''The Council of Blades'' (1996) ('' Forgotten Realms: Nobles'', Book Five) *''A Whisper of Wings'' (1999) *''White Plume Mountain'' (1999) (''

Classics'', #2) *''Descent into the Depths of the Earth'' (1999) (''Greyhawk Classics'', #3) *''Lace & Steel'' (2000) *''The Rats of Acomar'' (2000) *''Queen of the Demonweb Pits'' (2001) (''Greyhawk Classics'', #6) *''Fey'' (2005) *''Dreamscape'' (2007) *''Lilith'' (2007) *''Petal Storm'' (2007) *''Neue Europa'' (2007) *''Tiamat'' (2011) *''Halls of Orpheus'' (2011) *''Mission'' (2011) *''Red Sails in the Fallout: A D&D

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Novel'' (2011)

''Effectuators''

*''Effectuators Book 1: Horrors of the Night'' (2011) *''Effectuators Book 2: Green and Pleasant Land'' (2012) *''Effectuators Book 3: To Foreign Shores'' (2013) *''Effectuators Book 4: Sweet Albion!'' (2014)

''Fangs of K'aath''

*''Fangs of K'aath'' (1999) *''Guardians of Light'' (2006)

''Travellers''

*''Travellers Book 1: The Epsilon Queen'' (2010) *''Travellers Book 2: The Ryakan Legacy'' (2010) *''Travellers Book 3: The Kimtoa Bequest'' (2010)

''Spirit Hunters''

*''Spirit Hunters Book 1: The Way of the Fox'' (2014)

Short fiction

*"By The Job" (2000) in ''

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'', May 2000 - Issue #271 *"Keoland Blues" (2000) in ''Dragon Magazine'', December 2000 - Issue #278

Non-fiction

*''Discworld II: Missing Presumed... - The Official Strategy Guide'' (1996)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kidd, Pauli 20th-century Australian novelists 20th-century Australian short story writers 20th-century Australian women writers 21st-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian short story writers 21st-century Australian women writers Australian non-fiction writers Australian women novelists Australian women short story writers Living people Women non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people)