Philippa Ballantine
Author of Phoenix Rising
About the Author
Philippa Ballantine, born in Wellington, New Zealand, has always had her head in a book. At the age of thirteen she began writing fantasy stories for herself. Philippa earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Political Science and then a Bachelor of Applied Science in Library and show more Information Science. Her first professional sale was in 1997, and since then she has gone on to produce mostly novel length fiction. In 2006 she became New Zealand's first podcast novelist, and she has voiced and produced Weaver's Web, Chasing the Bard, Weather Child and Digital Magic as podiobooks. Her podcasts have been short listed for the Parsec Awards, and won a Sir Julius Vogel award. When not writing or podcasting, Philippa loves reading, gardening, and traveling. She still lives in Wellington. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Philippa Ballantine
Ministry Protocol: Thrilling Tales of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (2013) — Editor — 48 copies
A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Tales from the Archives, Volume 1 (2011) — Contributor — 21 copies
A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Tales from the Archives, Volume 2 (2011) — Contributor — 9 copies
A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Tales from the Archives, Volume 3 (2012) — Contributor — 8 copies
In the Spirit of Christmas 4 copies
Siren's Tide 3 copies
The Emperor's Fist 3 copies
The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas 3 copies
Sins of the Father 3 copies
The Precarious Child (short story) 2 copies
Weaver's Web 2 copies
Erotica a la Carte: Evening Entrées 2 copies
Women of the Empire 2 copies
The Books of the Order Collection 2 copies
The Fey Collection 1 copy
Associated Works
A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Tales from the Archives, Volume 4 — Editor, some editions — 6 copies
Curtain Call (short story) — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
Tales from the Archives: Volume 8 — Editor — 1 copy
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- Other names
- Ballantine, Pip
- Birthdate
- 1971-08-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Places of residence
- Wellington, New Zealand
Manassas, Virginia, USA - Education
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Occupations
- librarian
- Relationships
- Morris, Tee (husband)
- Awards and honors
- Sir Julius Vogel nominee
- Agent
- Laurie McLean (Fuse Literary)
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Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 52
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 3,109
- Popularity
- #8,224
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 146
- ISBNs
- 77
- Languages
- 1
- Favorited
- 5