Victoria Strauss (born 1955 in

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) is the author of nine fantasy novels for adults and young adults, including the ''Stone'' series (''The Arm of the Stone'' and ''The Garden of the Stone'') and the ''Way of Arata'' series (''The Burning Land'' and ''The Awakened City''). She has written hundreds of book reviews for magazines and ezines, including SF Site and ''Fantasy'' magazine, and her articles on writing have appeared in ''Writer's Digest'' and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards. An active member of the

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, she is a co-founder, with AC Crispin, of the Committee on Writing Scams, and serves as its vice-chair. She maintains th
Writer Beware website
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which provide information and warnings on writing related schemes, scams, and pitfalls. For this work, she received the SFWA Service Award in 2009. She was also honored in 2012 with an Independent Book Blogger Award. Strauss studied

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Bibliography

*''The Lady of Rhuddesmere'' (Frederick Warne, 1982) *''Worldstone'' (Four Winds Press, 1986) *''Guardian of the Hills'' (Morrow Junior Books, 1995) *''The Arm of the Stone'' (HarperCollins Eos, 1998; Phoenix Pick, 2011) *''The Garden of the Stone'' (Harpercollins Eos, 1999; Phoenix Pick, 2011) *''The Burning Land'' (HarperCollins Eos, 2004; Open Road Media, 2016) *''The Awakened City'' (HarperCollins Eos, 2006; Open Road Media, 2016) *''Passion Blue'' (Skyscape: Amazon Children's Publishing, 2012) *''Color Song'' (Skyscape: Amazon Children's Publishing, 2014)

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