Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960) 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. 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, Rusch had a regular column in the bi-monthly The Grantville Gazettes e-zine called Notes from The Buffer Zone until the magazine's demise in August 2022.

Rusch became a Writer Judge for the Writers of the Future contest in 2010.

Bibliography

The Diving Universe

Novels: Diving into the Wreck, Pyr Books, 2009, City of Ruins, Pyr Books, 2011, Boneyards, Pyr Books, January 2012, Skirmishes, WMG Publishing, September 2013, The Falls, WMG Publishing 2016, The Runabout, Asimov's cover story May/June 2017, WMG Publishing 2017, The Renegat, WMG Publishing 2019, Squishy's Teams, WMG Publishing 2020, Thieves, WMG Publishing 2021,

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, Becoming One with the Ghosts, Asimov's, October/November 2010 Becalmed, Asimov's, April/May 2011, 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 Vol. 13: Vigilantes: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 6 , 2015 Vol. 14: Starbase Human: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 7, 2015 Vol. 15: Masterminds: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 8, 2015

Star Wars

The New Rebellion, 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

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

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

The Peyti crisis

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References

Further reading

"Rusch, Kristine Kathyrn," The Encyclopedia or Science Fiction, edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, p. 1034.

External links Official website