Kristen Britain

Kristen Britain is an American author. She wrote Green Rider (which was nominated for the Crawford Award),[1] First Rider's Call, The High King's Tomb, Blackveil (which was nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award),[2] and Mirror Sight.

Early life and education

Britain grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, where she started her first novel — an undersea fantasy featuring herself and her friends — at the age of nine. She published her first book, a cartoon collection called Horses and Horsepeople, at the age of thirteen.[3]

After completing her degree in film production, with a minor in writing,[4] at Ithaca College in 1987, she went to work for the National Park Service in 1988[4] after a conversation with a park ranger during a visit to Women's Rights National Historical Park.

Career

She got her first seasonal ranger job at Clara Barton National Historic Site site in Maryland.[5] At the time of the publication of her first novel, Green Rider, she was working full-time as a park ranger at Acadia National Park, and she drew much of the inspiration for the landscape of Sacoridia from the park.[6] Her many years as a park ranger enabled her to work in a variety of natural and historical settings, from 300 feet below the surface of the Earth to 13,000 feet above sea level on the Continental Divide; and from the textile mills of the American Industrial Revolution to the homes of Americans who changed the course of history.[3]

Personal life

She lives in New Mexico.[7]

Published works

Green Rider Series

Short stories

References

  1. ↑ http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Crawford1999.html
  2. ↑ http://gemmellaward.com/page/nominees-to-date
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristen Britain Biography
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Fantasy-writing alumna to give storytelling tips," The Ithacan, 2009-04-16
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kristen Britain Interview, Future Fiction
  6. ↑ "Into the Woods: An Interview with Kristen Britain," Amazon UK
  7. ↑ http://kristenbritain.com/author/author.html

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