Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an American

United States

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 writer. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction

Science fiction

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, fantasy

Fantasy literature

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, mystery

Mystery fiction

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, romance

Romance novel

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, and mainstream

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.

Rusch won the Hugo Award

Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...

 for Best Novelette

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

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 in 2001 for her story "Millennium Babies", the 2003 Endeavour Award

Endeavour Award

The Endeavour Award, announced annually at OryCon in Portland, Oregon, is awarded to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year....

 for The Disappeared 2002, and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History

Sidewise Award for Alternate History

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 for "Recovering Apollo 8" in 2008. She is married to fellow writer Dean Wesley Smith

Dean Wesley Smith

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; they have collaborated on several works.

She edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for six years, from mid-1991 through mid-1997, winning one Hugo Award as Best Professional Editor

Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

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. Rusch and Smith operated Pulphouse Publishing

Pulphouse Publishing

Pulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996...

 for many years and edited the original (hardback) incarnation of Pulphouse Magazine; they won a World Fantasy Award

World Fantasy Award

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 in 1989.

Works as Kris Rusch

Kristine Kathryn Rusch has written one mainstream novel as “Kris Rusch”.

• Hitler's Angel, 1998

Works as Kris Nelscott

Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes mystery novels, using the pen-name “Kris Nelscott”.

Smokey Dalton

• Vol. 1: A Dangerous Road, 2000
• Vol. 2: Smoke-Filled Rooms, 2001
• Vol. 3: Thin Walls, 2002
• Vol. 4: Stone Cribs, 2004
• Vol. 5: War at Home, 2005
• Vol. 6: Days of Rage, 2006

Works as Kristine Grayson

Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes romances, under the name “Kristine Grayson”.

• Utterly Charming, 2000
• Thoroughly Kissed, 2001
• Completely Smitten, 2002
• Simply Irresistible, 2003
• Absolutely Captivated, 2004
• Totally Spellbound, 2005
• Wickedly Charming, 2011

Works as Sandy Schofield

Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith

Dean Wesley Smith

Dean Wesley Smith is a science fiction author, known primarily for his Star Trek novels, movie novelizations, and other novels of licensed properties such as Smallville, Spider-Man, X-Men, Aliens, Roswell, Men in Black, and Quantum Leap...

 use the common pseudonym “Sandy Schofield” for a part of their collaborative works.

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Big Game, 1993
• Star Trek: Voyager: The Escape, 1995
• Aliens: Rogue, 1995
• Quantum Leap: The Loch Ness Leap, 1997
• Predator: Big Game, 1999

Works as Kathryn Wesley

Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith

Dean Wesley Smith

Dean Wesley Smith is a science fiction author, known primarily for his Star Trek novels, movie novelizations, and other novels of licensed properties such as Smallville, Spider-Man, X-Men, Aliens, Roswell, Men in Black, and Quantum Leap...

 use the common pseudonym “Kathryn Wesley” for a part of their collaborative works.

• The 10th Kingdom, 2000
• Aladdin, 2000
• The Monkey King, 2001
• Salem Witch Trials, 2003

The Tenth Planet

• Vol. 1: The Tenth Planet, 1999
• Vol. 2: The Tenth Planet: Oblivion, 2000
• Vol. 3: The Tenth Planet: Final Assault, 2000

Classic

• The Rings of Tautee, 1996
• Treaty's Law, 1997
• New Earth 5: Thin Air
  Thin Air (Star Trek)
  Thin Air is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.-Synopsis:The Federation has established the colony of Belle Terre, vitally important to their continued expansion. However, the planet they have chosen has unexpected mineral riches, desired by nearby...
  
  , 2000

The Next Generation

• Klingon!, 1996
• The Soldiers of Fear, 1996
• Vectors: Double Helix #2, 1999

Voyager

• The Escape, 1995
• Echoes, additionally with Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  Nina Kiriki Hoffman is an American fantasy, science fiction and horror writer.-Profile:Hoffman started publishing short stories in 1975. Her first nationally published short story appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in 1983...
  
  , 1998
• Section 31: Shadow
  Shadow (Star Trek)
  Shadow is a Star Trek: Section 31 novel written by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.-Synopsis:Section 31, an amoral, rogue branch of Starfleet, manages to affect the starship Voyager, lost on the other side of the galaxy. 'Seven', a new and trusted crewmember rescued from the Borg, is...
  
  , 2001

The Fey

• Vol. 1: The Sacrifice, 1995
• Vol. 2: The Changeling, 1996
• Vol. 3: The Rival, 1997
• Vol. 4: The Resistance, 1998
• Vol. 5: The Victory, 1998

Retrieval Artist

• Vol. 1: The Disappeared, 2002
• Vol. 2: Extremes
  Extremes (novel)
  Extremes is the second book in the Retrieval Artist series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The novels are situated at an unstated time in the future where humans have colonized many distant worlds. In addition, treaties with alien races allow for the extradition of humans to other worlds to stand trial...
  
  , 2003
• Vol. 3: Consequences, 2004
• Vol. 4: Buried Deep, 2005
• Vol. 5: Paloma
  Paloma (novel)
  Paloma is the fifth book in the Retrieval Artist series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The novels are situated at an unstated time in the future where humans have colonized many distant worlds. In addition, treaties with alien races allow for the extradition of humans to other worlds to stand trial...
  
  , 2006
• Vol. 6: Recovery Man, 2007
• Vol. 7: Duplicate Effort, 2009

Stand-alone novels

• The Gallery of His Dreams, 1991
• The White Mists of Power, 1991
• Heart Readers, 1993
• Façade, 1993
• Traitors, 1993
• Alien Influences, 1994
• Sins of the Blood, 1994
• The Devil's Churn, 1996
• Fantasy Life, 2003

Collections

• Stained Black, 1992
• Stories for an Enchanted Afternoon, 2001
• Little Miracles and Other Tales, 2001
• The Retrieval Artist and Other Stories, 2002

External links

• Official website
• Golden Gryphon Press official site - About Stories for an Enchanted Afternoon
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch's awards and nominations at the Locus
  Locus (magazine)
  Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
  
  Index to SF Awards
• Eating It Too, short story at Flash Fiction Online
  Flash Fiction Online
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