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Katherine Kurtz

(Katherine Irene Kurtz)

(1944 - )

About Katherine Kurtz

Katherine Irene Kurtz is the author of numerous fantasy novels, especially the Deryni novels. Although born in America, for the past several years she has lived in a renovated castle in the south of Ireland with her husband.

Series

Deryni
1. Deryni Rising (1970)
2. Deryni Checkmate (1972)
3. High Deryni (1973)
Chronicles of the Deryni (omnibus) (1976)
The Deryni Archives (1986)
Deryni Magic: A Grimoire (1990)
Codex Derynianus: Being a Comprehensive Guide to the Peoples, Places and Things of the Deryni and the Human Worlds ... (1997) (with Robert Reginald)
Deryni Tales (2002)

Camber of Culdi
1. Camber of Culdi (1976)
2. Saint Camber (1978)
3. Camber the Heretic (1981)

King Kelson
1. The Bishop's Heir (1984)
2. The King's Justice (1985)
3. The Quest for Saint Camber (1986)
4. King Kelson's Bride (1997)

Heirs of Saint Camber
1. The Harrowing of Gwynedd (1989)
2. King Javan's Year (1992)
3. The Bastard Prince (1994)

Adept (with Deborah Turner Harris)
1. The Adept (1991)
2. The Lodge of the Lynx (1992)
3. The Templar Treasure (1993)
4. Dagger Magic (1995)
5. Death of an Adept (1996)

Knights of the Blood (with Scott MacMillan)
1. Knights of the Blood (1993)
2. At Sword's Point (1994)

Knights Templar
1. The Temple and the Stone (1998) (with Deborah Turner Harris)
2. The Temple and the Crown (2001) (with Deborah Turner Harris)
Tales of the Knights Templar (1995)
On Crusade: More Tales of the Knights Templar (1998)

Deryni (2)
1. In the King's Service (2003)
2. The Childe Morgan (2006)

Novels

Lammas Night (1983)
The Legacy of Lehr (1986)
Two Crowns for America (1996)
St. Patrick's Gargoyle (2001)

Anthologies edited

Crusade of Fire: Mystical Tales of the Knights Templar (2002)

Anthologies containing stories by Katherine Kurtz

A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1997)
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (1998)

Short stories

	The Summoning (1991)
	The Gargoyle's Shadow (1998)

Awards

	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1971) : Deryni Rising
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1973) : Deryni Checkmate
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1974) : High Deryni

Links to other websites

Deryni Destination the official Deryni Katherine Kurtz Website

Katherine Kurtz recommends

Windmaster's Bane (1986) (David Sullivan, book 1) Tom Deitz "Masterful, entertaining."	The Baker's Boy (1995) (Book of Words, book 1) J V Jones "J. V. Jones and The Baker's Boy are quite a find .... A deliciously intricate tale."	The City of Exile (1997) (Caledon, book 3) Deborah Turner Harris "A rich tapestry..."
Ill Met by Moonlight (2001) (Shakespearean Fantasies, book 1) Sarah A Hoyt "An intriguing speculation regarding the identity of Shakespeare's Dark Lady and a fetching surmise on where he might have gotten inspiration for his plays."	Turning the Storm (2002) Naomi Kritzer "Exceedingly well done. I couldn't put it down."	The Briar King (2002) (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, book 1) Greg Keyes "Lord, how the man can use the English language. [Greg Keyes] can really spin out images�and he�s given some really clever twists to old tried-and-true fantasy premises. . . . Definitely left me turning the pages late."
On Fire's Wings (2004) (Final Dance, book 1) Christie Golden "A spinner of superb yarns, richly textured as a tapestry."

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