American writer and editor
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Born (1960-06-04 ) June 4, 1960 (age 64) [
citation needed ] Occupation Writer Nationality American Genre Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, mainstream Spouse
Dean Wesley Smith
Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960
[1] ) is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including
science fiction ,
fantasy ,
mystery ,
romance , and mainstream.
Rusch won the
Hugo Award for
Best Novelette in 2001 for her story "Millennium Babies" and the 2003
Endeavour Award for The Disappeared 2002. Her story "Recovering Apollo 8" won the
Sidewise Award for Alternate History (short form) in 2008. Her novel The Enemy Within won the Sidewise (long form) in 2015.
[2] She is married to fellow writer
Dean Wesley Smith ; they have collaborated on several works.
She edited
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction for six years, from mid-1991 through mid-1997, winning one Hugo Award as
Best Professional Editor . Rusch and Smith operated
Pulphouse Publishing for many years and edited the original (hardback) incarnation of Pulphouse Magazine ; they won a
World Fantasy Award in 1989.
Beginning in July 2010,
[3] Rusch had a regular column in the bi-monthly
The Grantville Gazettes e-zine called Notes from The Buffer Zone
[4] until the magazine's demise in August 2022.
[5]
Rusch became a Writer Judge for the
Writers of the Future contest in 2010.
[6]
Bibliography
The Diving Universe
Novels:
Diving into the Wreck ,
Pyr Books , 2009,
ISBN
978-1591027867
City of Ruins , Pyr Books, 2011,
ISBN
978-1616143695
Boneyards , Pyr Books, January 2012,
ISBN
978-1616145439
Skirmishes , WMG Publishing, September 2013,
ISBN
978-0615795249
The Falls , WMG Publishing 2016,
ISBN
978-1561467686
The Runabout , Asimov's cover story May/June 2017, WMG Publishing 2017,
ISBN
978-1561467945
The Renegat , WMG Publishing 2019,
ISBN
978-1561460908
Squishy's Teams , WMG Publishing 2020,
ISBN
978-1561463596
Thieves , WMG Publishing 2021,
ISBN
978-1561463718
Novellas:
Diving into the Wreck , Asimov's cover story, December 2005
Room of Lost Souls , Asimov's cover story, April/May 2008
The Spires of Denon , Asimov's cover story, April/May 2009; WMG Publishing 2019,
ISBN
978-1561462995
Becoming One with the Ghosts , Asimov's, October/November 2010
Becalmed , Asimov's, April/May 2011,
ISBN
978-0615811185
Stealth , Asimov's, October/November 2011
Strangers at the Room of Lost Souls , WMG Publishing, 2013
Dix , Asimov's cover story March/April 2018
Joyride , Asimov's, November/December 2018
The Death Hole Bunker , Asimov's, July/August 2023
The Fey Universe
The Fey
Vol. 1: The Sacrifice , 1995 (Illustrated by David O'Connor (illustrator), Dawn Wilson in 1996, and
Albin Egger-Lienz in 2001)
Vol. 2: The Changeling , 1996 (Illustrated by
Anne Yvonne Gilbert )
Vol. 3: The Rival , 1997 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)
Vol. 4: The Resistance , 1998 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)
Vol. 5: Victory , 1998 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)
Black Throne
Vol. 1: The Black Queen , 1999
Vol. 2: The Black King , 2000
Retrieval Artist
Vol. 1: The Disappeared , 2002
Vol. 2:
Extremes , 2003
Vol. 3: Consequences , 2004
Vol. 4: Buried Deep , 2005
Vol. 5:
Paloma , 2006
Vol. 6: Recovery Man , 2007
Vol. 7: Duplicate Effort , 2009
Vol. 8: Anniversary Day: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 1 , 2011
Vol. 9: Blowback: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 2 , 2012
Vol. 10: A Murder of Clones: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 3 , 2015
Vol. 11: Search & Recovery: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 4 , 2015
Vol. 12: The Peyti Crisis: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 5 , 2015
[a]
Vol. 13: Vigilantes: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 6 , 2015
[b]
Vol. 14: Starbase Human: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 7 , 2015
Vol. 15: Masterminds: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 8 , 2015
Star Wars
The New Rebellion ,
[c] 1996
Stand-alone novels
The Gallery of His Dreams , 1991
The White Mists of Power , 1991
Heart Readers , 1993
Façade , 1993
Traitors , 1993
Alien Influences , 1994
Sins of the Blood , 1994
The Devil's Churn , 1996
Fantasy Life , 2003
The Tower , 2013
The Enemy Within , 2014
Short fiction
Collections
Stained Black , 1992
Stories for an Enchanted Afternoon , 2001
Little Miracles and Other Tales , 2001
The Retrieval Artist and Other Stories , 2002
Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories , 2010
Non-fiction
Pseudonymous work
Works as Kris Rusch
Kristine Kathryn Rusch has written one mainstream novel as "Kris Rusch".
Works as Kris Nelscott
Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes mystery novels using the pen-name "Kris Nelscott", featuring Smokey Dalton, an African-American unlicensed private investigator, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Smokey Dalton
Vol. 1: A Dangerous Road , 2000
Vol. 2: Smoke-Filled Rooms , 2001
Vol. 3: Thin Walls , 2002
Vol. 4: Stone Cribs , 2004
Vol. 5: War at Home , 2005
Vol. 6: Days of Rage , 2006
Vol. 7: Street Justice , 2015
Works as Kristine Grayson
Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes romances, under the name "Kristine Grayson".
Utterly Charming , 2000
Thoroughly Kissed , 2001
Completely Smitten , 2002
Simply Irresistible , 2003
Absolutely Captivated , 2004
Totally Spellbound , 2005
Wickedly Charming , 2011
Works as Sandy Schofield
Kristine Kathryn Rusch and
Dean Wesley Smith use the common pseudonym "Sandy Schofield" for a part of their collaborative works.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Big Game , 1993
Aliens: Rogue , 1995
Quantum Leap: The Loch Ness Leap , 1997
Predator: Big Game , 1999
Works as Kathryn Wesley
Kristine Kathryn Rusch and
Dean Wesley Smith use the common pseudonym "Kathryn Wesley" for a part of their collaborative works.
The 10th Kingdom , 2000
Aladdin , 2000
The Monkey King , 2001
Salem Witch Trials , 2003
Afterimage
Vol. 1: Afterimage , 1992
Vol. 1-2: Afterimage/Aftershock , 1998
Short fiction
Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Jerry Oltion (October–November 1997). "Deus X".
F&SF . 93 (4&5).
The Tenth Planet
Vol. 1: The Tenth Planet , 1999
Vol. 2: The Tenth Planet: Oblivion , 2000
Vol. 3: The Tenth Planet: Final Assault , 2000
Roswell
No Good Deed , 2001
Little Green Men , 2002
Star Trek
Classic
The Rings of Tautee , 1996
Treaty's Law , 1997
New Earth 5:
Thin Air , 2000
The Next Generation
Klingon! , 1996
The Soldiers of Fear , 1996
Vectors: Double Helix #2 , 1999
Voyager
Deep Space Nine
The Mist: The Captain's Table #3 , 1998
The Long Night , 1996
Enterprise
X-Men
Article
"It Is Just Good Business," L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume VII , pp. 322–329. Bridge Publications: Los Angeles. 1991.
Critical studies and reviews of Rusch's work
A murder of clones
Sakers, Don (June 2015). "The Reference Library". Analog Science Fiction and Fact . 135 (6): 105–108.
The Peyti crisis
Sakers, Don (June 2015). "The Reference Library". Analog Science Fiction and Fact . 135 (6): 105–108.
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Bibliography notes
References
Further reading
Richard A. Lovett (January–February 2010). "Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Biolog]".
Analog . 130 (1&2): 149.
"Rusch, Kristine Kathyrn," The Encyclopedia or Science Fiction , edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, p.1034.
External links
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