K. D. Wentworth
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K. D. (Kathy) Wentworth was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and in
a subsequent dizzying tour of the nation, managed to attend
thirteen different schools by the time she graduated from
high school in upstate New York. Returning to Oklahoma to
attend the University of Tulsa, she earned a B.A. in
Liberal Arts and has had the sense to stay put ever since,
although she dodges the occasional tornado. She has taught
elementary school for more years than she cares to admit,
and in the process has made cafeteria riot patrol into a
fine art.
She got her start winning in the Writers of the Future
Contest in 1988, and then later won the Field Publications
Teachers as Writers Award in 1991. She has sold over fifty
short stories to such markets as Hitchcock's Mystery
Magazine, Aboriginal SF, Pulphouse, Return to the Twilight
Zone, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Realms of Fantasy.
She published three novels with Del Rey, The Imperium Game
(February 1994), Moonspeaker, (November 1994), and House of
Moons, (July 1995). Her more recent Hrrin novels
Black/on/Black, and Stars Over Stars, were published by
Baen in February 1999, with the sequel in 2000. Her
earlier novels have been reprinted by Hawk Publishing Group
and are available at bookstores or from Amazon.com. Two of
her short stories have been Nebula finalists: "Tall One"
and "Burning Bright."
Ms. Wentworth is an active member of the Science Fiction
Writers of America, (SFWA) and was elected Secretary in
July 2000. She became a Judge in the L. Ron Hubbard's
Writers of the Future Contest in 2000 and now also serves
as First Reader for the contest. She attributes her
success to having a very large dog and a wonderful husband,
not necessarily in that order.
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Series
Books:Seeds Of Change, September 2008
Hardcover
The Course of Empire, March 2005
Paperback (reprint)
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