What would you sacrifice to save your family and your home world? Lady Firebird Caldwell returns to the world of her birth, Netaia, intending to introduce her young sons to the noble Electors while her husband, Brennen, conducts a military inspection. When mysterious ships in distress suddenly approach the planet, …
Re-reading her “Firebird” series while recovering from long COVID-19 in 2023, Kathy became acutely aware of the years-long gap in the series between Crown of Fire and the next-generation Wind and Shadow. The Firebird Interlude Trilogy will begin to fill in those years, with the first book coming in March …
I had a wonderful time at the annual Realm Makers conference, co-teaching with fellow author Ronie Kendig. Our continuing session on writing science fiction was well attended and well received. Ronie made me feel like a rock star. During the Friday evening Realm Awards banquet, as I sat watching the …
Enclave Publishing is excited to announce the GRAND OPENING of their direct-to-consumer website! This is for hardcovers and paperbacks only. All titles permanently at 20% off retail price! Keep an eye out for sales, new titles, and more!
The Creative Cornerstones website recently wrote a blog post mentioning Enclave Publishing, and in particular, Firebird. Check out the blog post here.
I am over the moon (which planet? I’m not allowed to reveal everything yet!) to have signed another publishing agreement with Enclave, my publishing home for over a decade. They will let me reveal one extremely important thing: The Firebird universe will be expanding! Let me add a broad hint: …
Hello, friends. This website has long been quiet. Covid invaded my universe, and it did not retreat for a long, long time. I am finally back to 90% and ready to re-engage. This spring, I attended the C.S. Lewis Writer’s Conference, “Cultivating a Writer’s Life,” in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It …
Kathy was recently interviewed for “Delusions of Grandeur,” a new podcast focusing on the Star Wars Expanded Universe, by producers Kelly Jones and Emily Gadek. It’s 43 minutes long, if you’d like to give it a listen.
The Oasis Audio version of Kathy’s first novel, Firebird, has been nominated for a 2022 “Realm Award” by the annual Realm Makers science fiction and fantasy convention. Award winners will be announced in July. You can check out the full list here. It’s an honor to be nominated among such a …
Kathy recently joined gracious host Dan Smith to talk about the Firebird series, its origins and its significance. Click here to give it a listen!
As of July 2021, audiobooks are now available for Shivering World, Firebird, Fusion Fire, Crown of Fire, and Wind and Shadow. Daystar will also be available August 31, 2021.
The first audiobook of the FIREBIRD series is available on audiobook! Click here to listen to an audio sample. You can also purchase the audiobook off of Audible here. It’s a great way to experience the FIREBIRD story in a whole new way.
As 2021 gets underway, unabridged audiobooks of six of Kathy’s novels are being released. February’s release is the Christy Award-winning hard science fiction novel, Shivering World, produced by Oasis Audio and narrated by Nicole Parnell. Follow this link to Audible.com for more information. Over the following five months, the entire …
There is a new Q&A with Kathy, hosted over at Family Fiction. Check it out here.
Kathy’s third published novel—CRYSTAL WITNESS, originally released by Bantam Books in 1989—is returning with a gorgeous new cover in June 2020! From the back cover notes: When Ming Dalamani awakens from twenty years of suspended animation, she recalls only fragments of her former life: the life she led before she …