Glynnis Talken Campbell

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Glynnis Talken Campbell
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Glynnis Campbell at Castle Campbell, near Dollar, Scotland in 2014
BornGlynnis Gail Talken
(1957-06-12) June 12, 1957 (age 67)
Chico, California, U.S.
Pen nameGlynnis Campbell, Sarah McKerrigan, Kira Morgan
Occupation
  • author
  • voiceover actress
  • composer
  • musician
LanguageEnglish
EducationBachelor's Degree
Alma mater California State University, Chico
Period2000–present
GenreHistorical Romance
Years active1986–present
Notable awardsUSA Today Bestseller
Spouse Richard Campbell (1983–present)

Glynnis Talken Campbell (born Glynnis Gail Talken on June 12, 1957, in Chico, California) is an American historical romance author, composer, musician and voice actress, and is married to bass guitarist Richard Campbell. Glynnis Campbell graduated from California State University, Chico with a degree in Vocal Music Performance. Her first novel, My Champion, was nominated for a Romance Writers of America's RITA award for Best First Book and Best Long Historical Romance in 2001. In 2009, her novel Danger's Kiss, received the "Book Buyers Best Award for Historical Romance." She has also written under the pen names Sarah McKerrigan and Kira Morgan.

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Career

After college, Glynnis Talken joined the Los Angeles-based all-girl rock band The Pinups, signed to CBS records. After a short time, she left the band, but quickly found work doing voice-overs while composing scores with her husband for Coronet Films. [1] She was given the role of Julie Winters in an MTV animated series based on a graphic novel called The Maxx . Campbell has said the staff of computer games company Blizzard Entertainment saw this performance and requested her services to add voice-overs for a collection of characters from Diablo and StarCraft . [2] Her moody work with the voiceover for Sarah Kerrigan was instrumental in setting the game's atmosphere and for developing the plot. A Womengamers.com online review of computer game characters gave the voice an 8.4/10 rating and described the character as "one of the best-sounding women ever to come out of a computer game". [ citation needed ]

Besides voice acting, Campbell is a historical romance novel writer and has been nominated for a number of literature awards. Originally published by Berkley Books in 2000 with the novels, My Champion, My Warrior, and My Hero, in 2005 she began writing for Warner Books under a pseudonym, Sarah McKerrigan, in homage to the character she voiced in StarCraft. Under that name, she published Lady Danger in April 2006, Captive Heart in October 2006, Knight's Prize in May 2007, and Danger's Kiss in May 2008.

In 2010, Campbell started writing under a new pseudonym, Kira Morgan, for Hachette Book Group USA. Her romance novel, Captured By Desire, is set in Mary, Queen of Scots-era Scotland, and was released August 2010, followed by Seduced by Destiny in March 2011.

Beginning in 2012, she returned to writing under her real name of Glynnis Campbell, releasing her first self-published eBook, a Scottish historical romance novel Passion's Exile, followed by The Shipwreck, The Outcast, Native Gold, Native Wolf, Native Hawk, The Handfasting, The Reiver, The Outcast, Desire's Ransom, MacKenzie's Lass, The Storming, A Yuletide Kiss, A Rivenloch Christmas, The Stowaway, and Bride of Fire. [3] She became a USA Today bestselling author with her book in the collection Romance to the Rescue. [4]

Voiceover parts

Characters recorded by Campbell for Knowledge Adventure/Blizzard Entertainment games include:

Campbell also voiced Julie Winters in the animated television adaptation of The Maxx . She worked extensively on a collection of audiobooks for Time Warner including those in the Star Wars Tales of the Jedi and Dark Empire series. [5] [6] [7]

Bibliography

The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch

The Shipwreck - Self-published 2013 (Prequel novella)

A Yuletide Kiss - Self-published 2017 (Novella)

Lady Danger - Warner Books 2005

Captive Heart - Warner Books 2006

Knight's Prize - Grand Central Publishing 2007

A Rivenloch Christmas - Self-published 2019 (Novella)

The Warrior Daughters of Rivenloch

Bride of Fire - Self-published 2019

The Knights of de Ware

The Handfasting - Self-published 2015 (Prequel novella)

My Champion - Berkley Books 2000 - RITA Nominee for Best First Book and Best Long Historical Romance

My Warrior - Berkley Books 2001

My Hero - Berkley Books 2002

Medieval Outlaws

The Reiver - Self-published 2017 (Prequel novella)

Danger's Kiss - Grand Central Publishing 2008

Passion's Exile - Self-published 2012

Desire's Ransom - Self-published 2017

Scottish Lasses

The Outcast - Self-published 2015 (Prequel novella)

Captured By Desire - Hachette Book Group USA 2010

Seduced By Destiny - Hachette Book Group USA 2011

MacFarland's Lass - Self-published 2011

MacAdam's Lass - Self-published 2011

MacKenzie's Lass - Self-published 2016

California Legends

The Stowaway - Self-published 2019 (Prequel novella)

Native Gold - Self-published 2013

Native Wolf - Self-published 2015

Native Hawk - Self-published 2016

Other works

A Knight's Vow - Berkley Books 2002 (Anthology)

The Dirty Word - Self-published 2017

Mom's in the Hospital! What Do I Do? - Self-published 2013

Film music composition

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References

  1. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=glynnis+campbell WorldCat.org
  2. http://insomniacmania.com/interview_default.php?id=6 Archived August 29, 2005, at the Wayback Machine Insomniacmania.com
  3. "Glynnis Campbell's website".
  4. "USA Today Best-Selling Books". USA Today .
  5. WorldCat.org title The Maxx Complete Series. OCLC   521040668.
  6. WorldCat.org title Dark Empire. OCLC   948629135.
  7. WorldCat.org title Dark Empire II. OCLC   60623216.