Academic career
Hodgell holds a master's in English literature and a doctorate in 19th-century English literature, both earned at theWriting
Over the years, P. C. Hodgell was published by several publishing houses. Two of her more recent publishers, Hypatia Press and Meisha Merlin, went out of business, the latter in 2007, respectively, temporarily leaving her without a venue for future works. Her work was picked up by Baen in or shortly before 2010, who published the fifth "Jame" novel, ''Bound in Blood'', and reissued the previous four books as a pair of omnibus editions, ''The God Stalker Chronicles'' and ''Seeker's Bane''. Baen has also released the novels as e-books.Series synopsis
The Kencyr books, beginning with ''God Stalk,'' focus on the three peoples of the Kencyrath, Highborn (leaders), Kendar (artisans and soldiers) and Arrin-Ken (cat-like judges). They were brought together by the Three-Faced God to oppose the threat of chaos called Perimal Darkling 30,000 years before the events of the books. For eons the Kencyrath have waged a long retreat, seemingly abandoned by their god, awaiting the birth of the promised Tyr-Ridan, the three who would lead the final battle against Perimal Darkling. Three thousand years have passed since the Kencyrath retreated to Rathillien after a devastating betrayal. Much diminished, they remain outsiders to the native powers of Rathillien. Jame (Jamethiel), a Highborn woman, flees into Rathillien after years in the Shadows of the last world to fall, her memories incomplete. Gradually discovers that her twin brother Tori, now known as Torisen Black Lord, has regained their father's place as Highlord of the Kencyrath. She also suspects, from her connection to the destructive side of the Kencyr deity, that she may be one of the Tyr-Ridan. Her brother and her cousin Kindrie, a healer, seem likely to be the other two, representing Creation and Preservation, respectively. The Kencyrath are by no means at peace, beset by the peoples and powers of Rathillien, riven by divisions between the three people and by the political discord between the nine major Houses of the Highborn. Behind this story is another one, the betrayal of the Kencyrath by Gerridon Highlord three thousand years earlier on another world. He and his sister, Jamethiel Dream Weaver, almost destroyed the entire Kencyr host. From his house in the Shadows of the fallen world, Gerridon and his remaining adherents scheme to maintain their immortality, having played no small role in the decline of House Knorth, of which Jame, Tori and Kindrie are the last survivors. As Tori struggles to find his place as leader of their people, Jame struggles to find a place amongst them and unravels the dark secrets of their heritage she learns Gerridon has plans for her other than as one of the Tyr-Ridan. The three young Knorths are products of Gerridon's dealings to create a replacement for his fading sister, a new Dream Weaver to harvest more Kencyr souls to sustain him, for the Dream Weaver was Tori and Jame's mother, while Gerridon himself sired Kindrie.Bibliography
God Stalker Chronicles
# ''God Stalk'', 1982 () # ''Dark of the Moon'', 1985 () # ''Seeker's Mask'', 1994 () # ''To Ride a Rathorn'', August 2006 () # ''Bound in Blood'', March 2010 () # ''Honor's Paradox'', December 2011 () # ''The Sea of Time'', June 2014 () # ''The Gates of Tagmeth'', August 2017 () # ''By Demons Possessed'', May 2019 () # ''Deathless Gods'', October 2022 () ; Short story collection * ''Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry'', 2002: contains some new stories, some previously released (hardcover: , paperback: ) ** "Hearts of Woven Shadow" ** "Lost Knots" ** "Among the Dead" ** "Child of Darkness" (Hodgell's first ever story, set in an alternate universe when Jame and the Kencyrath arrive in a world—somewhat like ours—following a holocaust) ** "A Matter of Honor" (the story which provided the genesis for ''God Stalk'') ** "Bones" ** "Stranger Blood" (Hodgell's second story about Jame) ** "A Ballad of the White Plague" (a Sherlock Holmes story) ; Other short stories * "The Talisman's Trinket" (2011; posted on Baen's web site) * "Songs of Waste and Wood" (2014; tie-in with ''The Sea of Time'' posted on Baen's web site) ; Omnibus editions * ''Chronicles of the Kencyrath'', 1987: contains ''God Stalk'' and ''Dark of the Moon'' () * ''Dark of the Gods'', 2000: contains ''God Stalk'', ''Dark of the Moon'', and short story ''Bones'' () * ''Godstalker Chronicles'', 2006: contains ''God Stalk'', ''Dark of the Moon'', ''Seeker's Mask'', ''To Ride a Rathorn'', and ''Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry'' in Baen ebook formats. * ''The God Stalker Chronicles'', 2009: contains ''God Stalk'' and ''Dark of the Moon'' () * ''Seeker's Bane'', TBP July 7, 2009 from Baen: contains ''Seeker's Mask'' and ''To Ride a Rathorn'' ()Awards and honors
* 1987: Ph.D. in English Literature,References
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