Kristine Kathryn Rusch#The Fey

{{Infobox writer

| name = Kristine Kathryn Rusch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1960|6|4}}

| birth_place =

| occupation = Writer

| nationality = American

| alma_mater =

| period =

| genre = Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, mainstream

| spouse = Dean Wesley Smith

}}

Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960){{Cn|date=March 2025}} is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream.

Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2001 for her story "Millennium Babies" and the 2003 Endeavour Award for The Disappeared 2002. Her story "Recovering Apollo 8" won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History (short form) in 2008. Her novel The Enemy Within won the Sidewise (long form) in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html|title=Sidewise: Winners and Finalists|website=www.uchronia.net}} She is married to fellow writer Dean Wesley Smith; they have collaborated on several works.

She edited The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction for six years, from mid-1991 through mid-1997, winning one Hugo Award as Best Professional Editor. Rusch and Smith operated Pulphouse Publishing for many years and edited the original (hardback) incarnation of Pulphouse Magazine; they won a World Fantasy Award in 1989.

Beginning in July 2010,{{cite magazine |url=https://grantvillegazette.com/article/publish-377/ |title=Notes from The Buffer Zone |magazine=The Grantville Gazettes |date=July 2010 |volume=30 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813205625/https://grantvillegazette.com/article/publish-377/ |archive-date=2020-08-13 |url-status=dead}} Rusch had a regular column in the bi-monthly The Grantville Gazettes e-zine called Notes from The Buffer Zone{{cite magazine |url=https://grantvillegazette.com/author/rusch_k/ |title=Kristine Kathryn Rusch |magazine=Grantville Gazette}} until the magazine's demise in August 2022.{{cite web |url=https://grantvillegazette.com/ |title=Our Fellow Members of the Ring of Fire Press Family |work=The Grantville Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816010959/https://grantvillegazette.com/ |archive-date=2022-08-16 |url-status=dead}}

Rusch became a Writer Judge for the Writers of the Future contest in 2010.{{Cite web|title=Writer Judges – Kristine Kathryn Rusch – Writers & Illustrators of the Future|url=https://www.writersofthefuture.com/writer-judges/writer-judges-kristine-kathryn-rusch/|access-date=2022-01-02|language=en-US}}

Bibliography

= The Diving Universe =

Novels:

Diving into the Wreck, Pyr Books, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1591027867}}
City of Ruins, Pyr Books, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1616143695}}
Boneyards, Pyr Books, January 2012, {{ISBN|978-1616145439}}
Skirmishes, WMG Publishing, September 2013, {{ISBN|978-0615795249}}
The Falls, WMG Publishing 2016, {{ISBN|978-1561467686}}
The Runabout, Asimov's cover story May/June 2017, WMG Publishing 2017, {{ISBN|978-1561467945}}
The Renegat, WMG Publishing 2019, {{ISBN|978-1561460908}}
Squishy's Teams, WMG Publishing 2020, {{ISBN|978-1561463596}}
Thieves, WMG Publishing 2021, {{ISBN|978-1561463718}}

Novellas:

Diving into the Wreck, Asimov's cover story, December 2005
Room of Lost Souls, Asimov's cover story, April/May 2008
The Spires of Denon, Asimov's cover story, April/May 2009; WMG Publishing 2019, {{ISBN|978-1561462995}}
Becoming One with the Ghosts, Asimov's, October/November 2010
Becalmed, Asimov's, April/May 2011, {{ISBN|978-0615811185}}
Stealth, Asimov's, October/November 2011
Strangers at the Room of Lost Souls, WMG Publishing, 2013
Dix, Asimov's cover story March/April 2018
Joyride, Asimov's, November/December 2018
The Death Hole Bunker, Asimov's, July/August 2023

= The Fey Universe =

== The Fey ==

Vol. 1: The Sacrifice, 1995 (Illustrated by David O'Connor (illustrator), Dawn Wilson in 1996, and Albin Egger-Lienz in 2001)
Vol. 2: The Changeling, 1996 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)
Vol. 3: The Rival, 1997 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)
Vol. 4: The Resistance, 1998 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)
Vol. 5: Victory, 1998 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)

== Black Throne ==

Vol. 1: The Black Queen, 1999
Vol. 2: The Black King, 2000

= Retrieval Artist =

Vol. 1: The Disappeared, 2002
Vol. 2: Extremes, 2003
Vol. 3: Consequences, 2004
Vol. 4: Buried Deep, 2005
Vol. 5: Paloma, 2006
Vol. 6: Recovery Man, 2007
Vol. 7: Duplicate Effort, 2009
Vol. 8: Anniversary Day: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 1, 2011
Vol. 9: Blowback: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 2, 2012
Vol. 10: A Murder of Clones: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 3, 2015
Vol. 11: Search & Recovery: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 4, 2015
Vol. 12: The Peyti Crisis: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 5, 2015{{cite web|url=http://kriswrites.com/2014/05/27/retrieval-artist-update-3/#sthash.XBiqPrDL.2wTLd7Cd.dpbs|title=Retrieval Artist Update #3|work=Kristine Kathryn Rusch|date=May 27, 2014}}
Vol. 13: Vigilantes: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 6 , 2015{{cite web|url=http://kriswrites.com/2014/06/24/retrieval-artist-update-5/#sthash.cjjAdJkw.gpMvbOkR.dpbs|title=Retrieval Artist Update #5|work=Kristine Kathryn Rusch|date=June 25, 2014}}
Vol. 14: Starbase Human: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 7, 2015
Vol. 15: Masterminds: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 8, 2015

= Star Wars =

The New Rebellion,{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-553-10093-8 |title=Star Wars: The New Rebellion: Star Wars Series |date=November 1996 |publisher=PublishersWeekly.com |access-date=December 15, 2020}} 1996

= 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
The Tower, 2013
The Enemy Within, 2014

= Short fiction =

;Collections

Stained Black, 1992
Stories for an Enchanted Afternoon, 2001
Little Miracles and Other Tales, 2001
The Retrieval Artist and Other Stories, 2002
Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories, 2010

= Non-fiction =

{{cite journal |date=January 2010 |title=The Top Ten Things I Can't Do with My Kindle

|journal=The Internet Review of Science Fiction |volume=VII |issue=1 |url=http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10619 |access-date=October 31, 2010 }}

=Pseudonymous work=

== 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", featuring Smokey Dalton, an African-American unlicensed private investigator, in Memphis, Tennessee.

=== 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
Vol. 7: Street Justice, 2015

== 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 use the common pseudonym "Sandy Schofield" for a part of their collaborative works.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Big Game, 1993
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 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

= Collaborations with [[Kevin J. Anderson]] =

== Afterimage ==

Vol. 1: Afterimage, 1992
Vol. 1-2: Afterimage/Aftershock, 1998

= Collaborations with [[Jerry Oltion]] =

== Short fiction ==

{{cite journal |author1=Kristine Kathryn Rusch |author2=Jerry Oltion | date=Oct–Nov 1997 |title=Deus X |journal=F&SF |volume=93 |issue=4&5}}

= Collaborations with [[Dean Wesley Smith]] =

== The Tenth Planet ==

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

== Roswell ==

No Good Deed, 2001
Little Green Men, 2002

== Star Trek ==

=== Classic ===

The Rings of Tautee, 1996
Treaty's Law, 1997
New Earth 5: Thin Air, 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, 1998
Section 31: Shadow, 2001

=== Deep Space Nine ===

The Mist: The Captain's Table #3, 1998
The Long Night, 1996

=== Enterprise ===

By the Book, 2002

== X-Men ==

X-Men, 2000

== Article ==

"It Is Just Good Business," L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume VII, pp. 322–329. Bridge Publications: Los Angeles. 1991.

=Critical studies and reviews of Rusch's work=

;A murder of clones

{{cite journal |author=Sakers, Don |author-link=Don Sakers |date=June 2015 |title=The Reference Library |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=135 |issue=6 |pages=105–108}}

;The Peyti crisis

{{cite journal |author=Sakers, Don |author-link=Don Sakers |date=June 2015 |title=The Reference Library |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=135 |issue=6 |pages=105–108}}

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