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Gael Baudino (born 1955) is a contemporary American
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who also writes under the pseudonyms of Gael Kathryns, Gael A. Kathryns, K.M. Tonso, and G.A. Kathryns. She attended college at the
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. Sometime before 1994 she converted from
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and became a Quaker. As Gael Kathryns she contributed several instructional articles about harping to the Folk Harp Journal during the 1990s.


Bibliography


The Dragonsword Trilogy

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Dragonsword ''Dragonsword'' is a novel written by Gael Baudino and published in 1988. It is the first in the Dragonsword Trilogy. The other novels are '' Duel of Dragons'' (1989) and '' Dragon Death'' (1992). According to the author, after completing an un ...
'' (1988) *'' Duel of Dragons'' (1991) *'' Dragon Death'' (1992)


The Strands Series

*'' Strands of Starlight'' (1989) *'' Maze of Moonlight'' (1993) *'' Shroud of Shadow'' (1993) *'' Strands of Sunlight'' (1994) *'' Spires of Spirit'' (1997) - A collection of six short stories set in the "Strands" universe. One of its stories, "The Shadow of the Starlight", was previously published in slightly different form in the April 1985 issue of ''
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''.


The Water! series

*''O Greenest Branch!'' (1995) *''The Dove Looked In'' (1996) *''Branch and Crown'' (1996)


Standalone

*'' Gossamer Axe'' (1990) *''The Borders of Life'' (1999) as G.A. Kathryns. This book is previewed in the back of ''Spires of Spirit'' with the working title of ''The Bournes of Life''. The preview identifies Gael Baudino as the author rather than G.A. Kathryns. * ''Darkling Incidence'' (2015) as K.M Tonso. . * ''Snow City'' (2017) as G.A. Kathryns.


Short stories

*"Lady of the Forest End" - ''Amazons II'' edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1982) *" The Shadow of the Starlight" - published in: **''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (April 1985) **An edited/updated version published in 1997 in ''Spires of Spirit''. *"
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" - published in: **''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (November 1985) **''The Year's Best Fantasy 12'' edited by Arthur W. Saha (1986) **''The Bank Street Book of Fantasy'' edited by Howard Zimmerman (1989) . This is a book of short stories converted into
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for early teen readers. *" Tidings of Comfort and Joy" edited by Dennis L. McKiernan - ''The Magic of Christmas'' (1992) *" Before" - ''Lammas Night'' edited by
Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels include i ...
(1996) - this story occurs in the same setting as Baudino's novel ''The Borders of Life''. *" Bitterfoot" - ''Sisters in Fantasy 2'' edited by Susan Schwartz (1996) *"
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" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in ''Spires of Spirit''. *" Lady of Light" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in ''Spires of Spirit''. *" A Touch of Distant Hands" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in ''Spires of Spirit''. *"
Elvenhome Valinor (Quenya'': Land of the Valar'') or the Blessed Realms is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the home of the immortal Vala (Middle-earth), Valar on the continent of Aman, far to the west of Middle-earth; he used the na ...
" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in ''Spires of Spirit''. *" Please Come to Denver (in the Spring)" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in ''Spires of Spirit''.


Nonfiction works

*The Wire Strung Primer (as Gael Kathryns) - Raging Celt Productions, Englewood, Colorado, 1991 *'' Interzone Science Fiction magazine'' #90 (1994), page 19-22. Interview by David V. Barrett: "Music and Magic"


Recordings

*''For Martha'' (as Gael Kathryns) - RC901 Raging Celt Productions, Englewood, Colorado, 1990 - original harp music


References


External links

*, archive of a fan page *, archive of SciFan page * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baudino, Gael 1955 births 20th-century American novelists American fantasy writers American women short story writers American women novelists Dianic Wicca Living people American Quakers Converts to Quakerism Converts to Protestantism from pagan religions Lambda Literary Award winners Women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American women