Philippa Ballantine (born 8 August 1971), who also used the pen name Pip Ballantine, is a contemporary New Zealand author of
speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, na ...
and an avid
podcaster
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. ...
. She now lives in
Manassas, Virginia
Manassas (), formerly Manassas Junction, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Prince William County, although the two are separate jurisdi ...
, with her husband and collaborator Tee Morris.
History
Philippa Jane Ballantine was born in
Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
. She attended
Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
Samuel Marsden Collegiate School is a private composite girls school located in the Wellington suburb of Karori in New Zealand. It has a socio-economic decile of 10 - on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 reflecting the lowest socioeconomic communities - ...
and went on to graduate from
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.
The university is well know ...
with a BA in English and Political Science. She also holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Library Studies from
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.
In 2006 Ballantine became the first New Zealand author to
podcast her novel.
Ballantine's first Book of the Order, ''Geist'', was published by
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first scienc ...
in 2010, followed by ''Spectyr'', ''Wrayth'', and the final in the series ''Harbinger''.
She is also the co-author with her husband Tee Morris of the "Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences" novels. The first, ''Phoenix Rising'', came out in 2011 and won an Airship Award for best written work.
''Phoenix Rising'' was also rated in the top 10 science fiction books of 2011 on goodreads.com.
The sequel ''The Janus Affair'' was a Locus Bestseller and won the Steampunk Chronicle Readers Choice award for Best Fiction.
In 2011 she also signed a book deal with Pyr books for a two-book series, the first of which is ''Hunter and Fox''. The second, ''Kindred and Wings'', came out in 2013.
Written material / podcasts
Books of the Order
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Geist'' (2010)
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first scienc ...
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Spectyr'' (2011)
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first scienc ...
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Wrayth'' (2012),
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first scienc ...
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Harbinger'' (2012),
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first scienc ...
The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novels
* Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2011),
HarperVoyager
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Publishing#Book publishing, Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette (publisher), Hachette, and Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan. The com ...
* Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''The Janus Affair: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2012),
HarperVoyager
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Publishing#Book publishing, Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette (publisher), Hachette, and Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan. The com ...
* Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''Dawn's Early Light: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2014),
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first scienc ...
* Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''The Diamond Conspiracy: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2015),
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first scienc ...
* Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''The Ghost Rebellion: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2016), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
The Shifted World series
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Hunter and Fox'' (2012), Pyr Books
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Kindred and Wings'' (2013), Pyr Books
Verity Fitzroy and the Ministry Seven series
YA novella
* Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''The Curse of the Silver Pharaoh'' (2016), Imagine That! Studios ASIN B01IPJC0YG
Collections
* Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''Magical Mechanications'' (2016) Contains four steampunk novelettes: ''Little Red Flying Hood'', ''Aladdin and His Wonderfully Infernal Device'', ''Little Clockwork Mermaid'', and ''Mechanical Wings'', Imagine That! Studios ASIN B01EZJTNRW
Podcast novels
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Weaver's Web'' (2006)
Podiobooks.com
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Chasing the Bard'' (2008)
Podiobooks.com
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Weather Child'' (2009)
Podiobooks.com
* Philippa Ballantine, ''Digital Magic'' (2010)
Podiobooks.com
Collaborations
* Philippa Ballantine, contributor, "Pieces" (2008)
Podiobooks.com
Podcasts
* Whispers at the Edge (2006–2008)
* The Shared Desk (2011–present)
Podcast anthology
* Tales from the Archives (2011–present)
* Chronicles of the Order (2010–present)
* Erotica à la Carte (2008–present)
Awards and recognition
* 2013 Steampunk Chronicle Readers Choice Award winner for Best Fiction
* 2012
Parsec Award
The Parsec Awards were a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media. They were ...
winner for Best Speculative Fiction: Small Cast (Short Form)
* 2011 Airship Award winner for best written work (with Tee Morris)
* 2011
Sir Julius Vogel Award
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are awarded each year at the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, horror, and science fiction fandom. They are commonly referred to as the ...
nominee for Best Novel- Adult
* 2010 Parsec Award finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
* 2010 Sir Julius Vogel Award finalist for Best fan production
* 2009 Parsec Award finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
* 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Award winner for Best fan production
* 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Award nominee for Best Novel- Adult
* 2007 Parsec Award finalist for Best Writing Podcast
* 2006 Sir Julius Vogel Award nominee for Best Novel
References
External links
Philippa Ballantine's home pagePhilippa Ballantine's works at Podiobooks*
Story Behind The Shifted World – Online Essay By Philippa Ballantine
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Living people
New Zealand women novelists
21st-century New Zealand novelists
New Zealand fantasy writers
New Zealand science fiction writers
Victoria University of Wellington alumni
1971 births
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
21st-century New Zealand women writers
People educated at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
Steampunk writers