Gael Baudino

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Gael Baudino (born 1955) is a contemporary American fantasy author who also writes under the pseudonyms of Gael Kathryns, Gael A. Kathryns, K.M. Tonso, and G.A. Kathryns. She attended college at the University of Southern California. [1] Sometime before 1994 she converted from Dianic Wicca and became a Quaker. [2] [3] As Gael Kathryns she contributed several instructional articles about harping to the Folk Harp Journal during the 1990s. [4]

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Bibliography

The Dragonsword Trilogy

The Strands Series

The Water! series

Standalone

Short stories

Nonfiction works

Recordings

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References

  1. Baudino, Gael (1988). Author information on last page of Dragonsword. Lynx Books. ISBN   1-55802-003-9.
  2. Barret, David V. (December 1994). "Music and Magic". Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy. 90: 19–22.
  3. "List of Famous Quakers". Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved June 18, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "List of Contributors to FHJ". Archived from the original on December 25, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  5. "Book Review: Strands of Starlight". Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy. 91: 58. January 1995.