Kate Novak is an American fantasy author.

Biography

Novak grew up in

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, Pennsylvania where she graduated from the

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with a BS in Chemistry. She primarily published in the ''

Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setti ...

'' and ''

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'' shared worlds. She is married to writer and game designer

Jeff Grubb Jeff Grubb (born August 27, 1957) is an author of novels, short stories, and comics, as well as a computer and role-playing game designer in the fantasy genre. Grubb worked on the ''Dragonlance'' campaign setting under Tracy Hickman, and the ' ...

. Novak and Grubb are co-authors of the best-selling ''Finder's Stone Trilogy'', and collaborated on the book ''

Azure Bonds ''Azure Bonds'' is a 380-page paperback fantasy novel written by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb, with cover art by Clyde Caldwell, and published by TSR Inc. in 1988. It is the first novel of the ''Finder’s Stone Trilogy'' which is set within the ...

''. The success of the book resulted in the creation of the computer game, ''

Curse of the Azure Bonds ''Curse of the Azure Bonds'' is a role-playing video game developed and published by Strategic Simulations in 1989. It is the second in a four-part series of Forgotten Realms ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' Gold Box games, continuing the even ...

''.

Bibliography

* ''The Finder's Stone Trilogy'' (with

) ** ''

'' (1988), ** '' The Wyvern's Spur'' (1990), ** ''

Song of the Saurials ''Song of the Saurials'' is a 313-page Forgotten Realms paperback fantasy novel published by TSR Inc. in 1991, written by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb.[] Plot This novel is the final book of the Finder's Stone, Finders Stone Trilogy. Akabar bel ...

'' (1991), * ''The Harpers'' (with

) ** ''Book 10: Masquerades'' (1995), ** ''Book 15: Finder's Bane'' (1997), * ''The Lost Gods'' (with

) ** ''Tymora's Luck'' (1997), sequel to ''Finder's Bane'',

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