Victoria Strauss
| Victoria Strauss | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 September 1955 Exeter, New Hampshire |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
Victoria Strauss (born in 1955, in Exeter, New Hampshire)[1] is the author of eight fantasy novels for adults and young adults, including the Stone duology (The Arm of the Stone and The Garden of the Stone) and the Way of Arata duology (The Burning Land and The Awakened City). She has written hundreds of book reviews for magazines and ezines, including SF Site and Fantasy magazine, and her articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards.[2]
An active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, she's a co-founder, with Ann Crispin, of the Committee on Writing Scams, and serves as its Vice-Chair.[3] She maintains the Writer Beware website and blog, which provide information and warnings on writing related schemes, scams, and pitfalls. For this work, she received the SFWA Service Award in 2009.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- The Lady of Rhuddesmere (Frederick Warne, 1982)
- Worldstone (Four Winds Press, 1986)
- Guardian of the Hills (Morrow Junior Books, 1995)
- The Arm of the Stone (HarperCollins Eos, 1998; Phoenix Pick, 2011)
- The Garden of the Stone (Harpercollins Eos, 1999; Phoenix Pick, 2011)
- The Burning Land (HarperCollins Eos, 2004)
- The Awakened City (HarperCollins Eos, 2006)
- Passion Blue (Marshall Cavendish, 2012)
[edit] References
- ^ "Victoria Strauss Biography on SF Site". http://www.sfsite.com/scribe/scribe20.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "Victoria Strauss Biography on Official website". http://www.sff.net/people/victoriastrauss/biography.html. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "Interview of Victoria Strauss by Sally Franklin Christi". Women On Writing. 2007. http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/15-review.html. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "SFWA announces Nebula Award winners". SciFi Wire. 26 April 2009. http://scifiwire.com/2009/04/sfwa-announces-nebula-awa.php.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Writer Beware
- Writer Beware Blog
- Victoria Strauss at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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