Katherine Kurtz
Autor(a) de Deryni Rising
About the Author
Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida on October 18, 1944. She received a four-year science scholarship to the University of Miami where she graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry. She completed an M.A. in medieval English history at UCLA while writing her first two novels, and working as mostrar mais an instructional designer for the Los Angeles Police Academy. She is also a professionally trained hypnotist, a student of comparative religion, and somewhat of an authority on heraldry and chivalry She has also joined with Deborah Turner Harris, and together they have written five books in an adept series of occult detective thrillers set in modern Scotland. Her first editing foray, Tales of The Knights Templar, appeared from Warner Books in 1995, which wa followed by a second volume, On Crusade: More Tales of The Knights Templar. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Katherine Kurtz
The Histories of King Kelson: The Bishop's Heir with The King's Justice with The Quest of Saint Camber… 5 exemplares
Trilogia dei Deryni 4 exemplares
Adept Series 8 Volumes 1 exemplar
Deryni Archives: Volume (Issue) 4, May, 1980 1 exemplar
The legacy of Leh 1 exemplar
Crusade of Fire 1 exemplar
The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning by Kurtz, Ernest, Ketcham, Katherine (1993)… (1900) 1 exemplar
The Tinkling of Fairybells {short story} 1 exemplar
Katherine Kurtz' Chronicles of the Deryni Series: Deryni Rising / High Deryni / The Deryni Archives [3 Paperbacks] (1986) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Kurtz, Katherine Irene
- Data de nascimento
- 1944-10-18
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- United States of America
- Local de nascimento
- Coral Gables, Florida, USA
- Locais de residência
- California, USA
Kilmacanogue, County Wicklow, Ireland
Virginia, USA - Educação
- University of Florida (BS|Chemistry)
University of California, Los Angeles (MA|English History) - Ocupações
- writer
- Relações
- MacMillan, Scott (husband)
- Organizações
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA)
Society for Creative Anachronism - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (2000)
- Agente
- Russell Galen (Scovil-Chichak-Galen Literary Agency)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 66
- Also by
- 20
- Membros
- 25,991
- Popularidade
- #801
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 195
- ISBN
- 297
- Línguas
- 5
- Marcado como favorito
- 65
- Pedras de toque
- 173
It occurs in Gwynedd, where King Brion rules as leader of one of the Eleven Kingdoms. Brion is human but has powers bequeathed to him by the Deryni, a race of people with magic and psychic powers now persecuted by the Church. His general is Alaric Morgan, a half-Deryni who has been training the heir, Prince Kelson. A Deryni sorceress named Charissa assassinates Brion, but rumors paint Morgan as the killer.
This is epic high fantasy roughly based on Welsh legends and history. This book has spawned fifteen books that take place in this world, though this one can be read as a complete story. The world-building is fascinating and involved, with political machinations in both the court and church taking place among murders and magic. It's more YA fantasy than Game of Thrones, but a very satisfying introduction to a spellbinding world and characters that I will be reading more about.… (mais)