Stina Leicht (born March 29, 1972) is an American

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and

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author living in central

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. She was nominated for the Campbell Award in 2012 and 2013, and was shortlisted for the

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in 2012. Leicht was mentioned in

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's 2012 Recommended Reading List. She is also one of the regular hosts of the ''Skiffy and Fanty Show''.

Personal life

Since the seventh grade, Leicht wanted to be a writer. However, because of her dad's lack of support, Leicht went on to study

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instead. She was employed as a graphic designer and, after the

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burst of 2001, worked at a bookstore called

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where she learned a lot of the publishing process. Despite being into science fiction since she discovered ''

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'' at the age of four, Leicht shied away from writing that genre due to the

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comments and viewpoints that came with the science fiction community. Now, she enjoys the optimism about science fiction the most. Leicht takes some inspiration for her writing from personal experiences with denominations of

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. She has said she was treated as "some form of ignorant alien" because she was

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. In her free time, Leicht studies

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and takes classes at Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy. She loves Kung Fu because it is the only martial art that was created by a woman for women. According to her website, Stina is pronounced as Tina with an S added to the front and Leicht is Lite, exactly like the beer brand.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Of Blood and Honey'', (2011), NightShade Books * ''And Blue Skies from Pain'', (2012), NightShade Books * ''Cold Iron'', (2015), SAGA Press * ''Blackthorne'', (2017), SAGA Press * '' Persephone Station'', (2021) * ''Loki's Ring'', (2023)

Short fiction

* ''Last Drink Bird Head'', (2008),

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, ed. * ''Texas Died for Somebody's Sins But Not Mine'', (2013), appearing in ''Rayguns Over Texas'',

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, ed.

References

External links

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