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

Dianic Wicca Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft, and, to some also as "Dianism," "Dianic Feminist Witchcraft," or simply "Feminist Witchcraft"' is a modern pagan goddess tradition focused on female experience and empowerment. Leadership is by wo ...

and became a

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. 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 ...

'' (1988) *''

Duel of Dragons ''Duel of Dragons'' is a novel written by Gael Baudino and published in 1991. It is the second in the Dragonsword Trilogy. The other novels are '' Dragonsword'' (1989) and '' Dragon Death'' (1992). Plot introduction The protagonist of Duel ...

'' (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.

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. * ''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 ''

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'' (April 1985), republished 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 literature, 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 (fictional co ...

(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) *"Charity" - in ''Spires of Spirit''. *"Lady of Light" -in ''Spires of Spirit'' *"A Touch of Distant Hands" - in ''Spires of Spirit'' *"Elvenhome" - in ''Spires of Spirit'' *"Please Come to Denver (in the Spring)" in ''Spires of Spirit''

Nonfiction works

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

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 Wiccans Living people American Quakers Converts to Quakerism Converts to Protestantism from pagan religions Lambda Literary Award winners American women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American women writers