Rodrigo Garcia y Robertson (born 1949) is an American writer of

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and fantasy fiction. He holds a Ph.D. in history and taught at UCLA and Villanova University before becoming a full-time writer. In addition to his eight novels, he has had numerous short stories published in fantasy and science fiction anthologies. He lives in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''The Spiral Dance'' (Avon Books, 1991) * ''American Woman'' (New York: Forge Books/Tom Doherty Associates, 1998) *''Firebird'' (New York: Tor Books/Tom Doherty Associates, 2006) ;Knight Errant series # ''Knight Errant'' (New York: Forge Books/Tom Doherty Associates, 2001) # ''Lady Robyn'' (New York: Forge Books/Tom Doherty Associates, 2003) # ''White Rose'' (New York: Forge Books/Tom Doherty Associates, 2004) ;The Virgin and the Dinosaur series # ''The Virgin and the Dinosaur'' (Avon Books, 1996) # ''Atlantis Found'' (Avon Books, 1997)

Short fiction

;Collections * ''The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures'' (Collinsville, Illinois: Golden Gryphon Press, 1998) ;Short stories *"Firebird" in ''In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', Gordon Van Gelder, editor (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004) * "Fair Verona" in ''Year's Best SF 3'', David G. Hartwell, editor (New York: HarperPrism, 1998) * "Oxygen Rising" in ''Year's Best SF 11'', David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, editors (New York: EOS/HarperCollins, 2006)

References

*Dust jacket author information on ''Knight Errant''.
Accumulated reviews for ''The Spiral Dance'' from District of Columbia public library, accessed April 23, 2010

External links

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