Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
Author of Fires of Nuala
About the Author
Image credit: Author Photo by photographer Brenda Ladd. Copyright belongs to Katharine Eliska Kimbriel.
Series
Works by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
If I Take the Wings of Morning 2 copies
Feather of the Phoenix 1 copy
Night calls (IN: Werewolves) 1 copy
Ducks [short story] 1 copy
Associated Works
Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny (1998) — Contributor — 168 copies, 1 review
Nevertheless, She Persisted: A Book View Cafe Anthology (2017) — Contributor — 49 copies, 18 reviews
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Kimbriel, Katharine Eliska
- Legal name
- Kimbriel, Katharine Eliska
- Other names
- Kimbriel, Cat
- Birthdate
- 19??-07-12
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Indiana, USA
- Places of residence
- Texas Hill Country, USA
- Education
- Extensive
- Occupations
- Writer, LMT, Web Designer, Survivor
- Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Book View Cafe - Agent
- Jonathan Matson (Harold Matson Literary Agency)
- Short biography
- In the beginning Katharine Eliska Kimbriel was nominated for the Campbell Award for Best New SF/Fantasy Writer. Kimbriel wrote literate, character-driven SF and Fantasy. Then she became really ill and tried to die. Do you know that if you win the throw with Death, you become a wizard?
Katharine is a founding member of Book View Café. The SF has been re-released as e-books (FIRES OF NUALA, HIDDEN FIRES, and FIRE SANCTUARY.) She is revising a mystery with ghosts, and is writing the third Alfreda fantasy novel. Also on the horizon is a contemporary fantasy dealing with curses, dragons, very large cats and the principal that “you are what you eat.” Find her on the Internet on Live Journal (Alfreda89) Facebook (Katharine Eliska Kimbriel) and Twitter (Cat Kimbriel)
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Reviews
Kindred Rites (Night Calls #2)
I actually liked this book better than its prequel. Where Night calls felt rather disjointed to me, with Allie learning random magic and solving random problems while describing rituals in great unnecessary detail, Kindred rites had a clear story line. Yes, there are multiple problems for her to solve, but she learns some things she needs for the last conflict in the beginning of the book, making it seem like one story and not a few short stories in a row that happen to be about the same person. The only thing I think could have been left out was the poltergeist. Why was it there? I don't think it added anything to the story, and all of a sudden it's gone and we never get an explanation as to why. The attractive things about these books are Allie's character and the cosy atmosphere. And I liked that Allie was doing a few more things on her own.… (more)
Alfreda and her cousin and teacher, Marta, visit Alfreda's home for the birth of Alfreda's new sister--and during this visit, Alfreda has an alarming and exhilarating encounter with a unicorn. As exciting and rewarding as this is, Marta is furious with the unicorn; it will make Alfreda far more visible to malignant forces. She needs more protection than she can currently provide for herself, and needs to fill the gap in her education where a knowledge of ritual magic should be.
Marta arranges for her to become a student at the Windward School, in faraway New York. The head of the school, Professor Livingston, is another of Alfreda's cousins, and she, Marta, and her mother will all trade services to the school to cover the cost of her tuition. Alfreda's share of this will be teaching the beginning herbal magic class.
Allie gets a bit of a break in this outing. Her challenges her are not vampires, werewolves, or evil sorcerers planning to steal her magic. One might almost say they're a bit more age-appropriate: going away to school for the first time, getting to know young people of very different backgrounds from her own, learning the social rules of a larger society, and studying subjects Marta and her mother couldn't teach her themselves. Indoor sanitary facilities and a version of hot and cold running water are new experiences for her. So is cooking as punishment duty, and cooking with a crew that mostly has never cooked before--although some have been taught how to create dinner menus and direct kitchen staff.
Much of the adventure here is the adventure of boarding school with a magical twist, but there are other things going on in the background, and Allie can no more avoid trouble than she can avoid breathing. She's just far too intelligent, inquisitive, and brave, not to mention impetuous.
This is a lot of fun. Recommended.
I received a free electronic galley of this book from the author.… (more)
Marta arranges for her to become a student at the Windward School, in faraway New York. The head of the school, Professor Livingston, is another of Alfreda's cousins, and she, Marta, and her mother will all trade services to the school to cover the cost of her tuition. Alfreda's share of this will be teaching the beginning herbal magic class.
Allie gets a bit of a break in this outing. Her challenges her are not vampires, werewolves, or evil sorcerers planning to steal her magic. One might almost say they're a bit more age-appropriate: going away to school for the first time, getting to know young people of very different backgrounds from her own, learning the social rules of a larger society, and studying subjects Marta and her mother couldn't teach her themselves. Indoor sanitary facilities and a version of hot and cold running water are new experiences for her. So is cooking as punishment duty, and cooking with a crew that mostly has never cooked before--although some have been taught how to create dinner menus and direct kitchen staff.
Much of the adventure here is the adventure of boarding school with a magical twist, but there are other things going on in the background, and Allie can no more avoid trouble than she can avoid breathing. She's just far too intelligent, inquisitive, and brave, not to mention impetuous.
This is a lot of fun. Recommended.
I received a free electronic galley of this book from the author.… (more)
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