Katherine Kurtz
Author of 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 show more 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) show less
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Series
Works by Katherine Kurtz
Trilogia dei Deryni 4 copies
Adept Series 8 Volumes 1 copy
The legacy of Leh 1 copy
Crusade of Fire 1 copy
The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning by Kurtz, Ernest, Ketcham, Katherine (1993)… (1900) 1 copy
Katherine Kurtz' Chronicles of the Deryni Series: Deryni Rising / High Deryni / The Deryni Archives [3 Paperbacks] (1986) 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Kurtz, Katherine Irene
- Birthdate
- 1944-10-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Coral Gables, Florida, USA
- Places of residence
- California, USA
Kilmacanogue, County Wicklow, Ireland
Virginia, USA - Education
- University of Florida (BS|Chemistry)
University of California, Los Angeles (MA|English History) - Occupations
- writer
- Relationships
- MacMillan, Scott (husband)
- Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA)
Society for Creative Anachronism - Awards and honors
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (2000)
- Agent
- Russell Galen (Scovil-Chichak-Galen Literary Agency)
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Statistics
- Works
- 66
- Also by
- 20
- Members
- 26,269
- Popularity
- #799
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 198
- ISBNs
- 298
- Languages
- 5
- Favorited
- 67