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The Bristling Wood ( 1989) – United States title issued in the United Kingdom as Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood ISBN 978-1-9.

Darkspell ( 1987) – later reissued in an "author's definitive edition" ISBN 978-8-2.

Kerr has likened the series to a play, breaking the story into several acts: These flashbacks concern the prior incarnations of characters in the principal narrative, and provide insight into the relationships of the characters in their current incarnations. The series is written in a non-linear style: the principal narrative is frequently interrupted by flashbacks to events that occurred decades, or even centuries, before. Kerr has a contract for two additional full novels in the series. Originally envisioned as a short story or novella, the project grew into a series of sixteen full novels.

The novels of Deverry are perhaps Kerr's best-known works. See Deverry cycle for a synopsis of Deverry. Katharine Kerr now dedicates herself exclusively to fiction.īibliography Deverry novels She co-authored the adventure Legacy of Blood for Dungeons & Dragons, as well as adventures for the Pendragon role-playing game. She spent time as a contributing editor to Dragon magazine and contributed to gaming modules for both TSR, Inc. This gift led her to a fascination with the gaming and fantasy field, which in turn led her to write articles for gaming magazines. In 1979, a friend gave Katharine her first fantasy-role playing game.

In 1973, she met up with Howard Kerr, an old friend of hers from secondary school they were married that same year. She then worked in some low-paying jobs, including work at a post office. She spent time studying at Stanford University but dropped out in the mid-1960s. In 1969, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, eventually moving to San Francisco itself. While still a schoolgirl, her family moved to Santa Barbara, California. She describes her inability to spell properly using either the British or American systems as a result of having been taught to read solely with British books. She describes her family feeling more like "British-in-exile" than American.

Katharine Kerr was born in Cleveland, Ohio her maiden name is Katharine Nancy Brahtin. Katharine Kerr (born 1944) is an American science fiction and fantasy novelist, best known for her series of Celtic-influenced high fantasy novels set in the fictional land of Deverry.