Editing Kristine Kathryn Rusch

{{short description|American writer and editor}}
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| name             = Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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| occupation       = Writer
| nationality      = American
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| genre            = Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, mainstream
| spouse           = [[Dean Wesley Smith]]
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'''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 literature|fantasy]], [[Mystery fiction|mystery]], [[Romance novel|romance]], and mainstream.

Rusch won the [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html|title=Sidewise: Winners and Finalists|website=www.uchronia.net}}</ref> 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 [[Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor|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,<ref>{{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}}</ref> Rusch had a regular column in the bi-monthly ''[[The Grantville Gazettes]]'' e-zine called ''Notes from The Buffer Zone''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://grantvillegazette.com/author/rusch_k/ |title=Kristine Kathryn Rusch |magazine=[[The Grantville Gazettes|Grantville Gazette]]}}</ref> until the magazine's demise in August 2022.<ref name="gazette end">{{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}}</ref>

Rusch became a Writer Judge for the [[Writers and Illustrators of the Future|Writers of the Future]] contest in 2010.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
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=== The Diving Universe ===

'''Novels:'''
*''Diving into the Wreck'', [[Pyr (publisher)|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 (novel)|Extremes]]'', 2003
*Vol. 3: ''Consequences'', 2004
*Vol. 4: ''Buried Deep'', 2005
*Vol. 5: ''[[Paloma (novel)|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<ref group=lower-alpha>{{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}}</ref>
*Vol. 13: ''Vigilantes: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 6 '', 2015<ref group=lower-alpha>{{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}}</ref>
*Vol. 14: ''Starbase Human: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 7'', 2015
*Vol. 15: ''Masterminds: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 8'', 2015

=== Star Wars ===

*''The New Rebellion'',<ref group=lower-alpha>{{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}}</ref> 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=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|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 (Star Trek)|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
*''[[Star Trek: Section 31#Shadow (2001)|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.&nbsp;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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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |author=Richard A. Lovett |author-link=Richard A. Lovett |date=Jan–Feb 2010 |title=Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Biolog] |journal=[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]] |volume=130 |issue=1&2 |pages=149}}
* "Rusch, Kristine Kathyrn," ''The Encyclopedia or Science Fiction'', edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, p.1034.

==External links==
* [http://www.kristinekathrynrusch.com/ Official website]
* {{isfdb name|id=Kristine_Kathryn_Rusch|name=Kristine Kathryn Rusch}}
{{Hugo Award Best Novelette}}
{{Locus Award Best Novella}}
{{World Fantasy Special Award Non-professional}}

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