Kathleen Ann Goonan

..... a major voice in SF

Kathleen Ann Goonan burst into prominence with QUEEN CITY JAZZ. "Spectacular," said Locus. "The most important debut novel I've seen this year." It was a finalist for the 1998 British Science Fiction Award. THE BONES OF TIME, her widely acclaimed second novel, became a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2000. Her third novel MISSISSIPPI BLUES won immediate praise from Publisher's Weekly and made her "...a major voice in the field." CRESCENT CITY RHAPSODY, a Nebula finalist, according to Publisher's Weekly's starred review is "...as intellectually demanding yet emotionally satisfying as Duke Ellington's best..." In another starred review Publisher's Weekly says of  LIGHT MUSIC, also a Nebula finalist, "Exuberant... This classic novel of ideas, with state of the art technology as its subject, remains the work of a powerful imagination with a superior command of language."   Peter Straub writes "IN WAR TIMES is a novel of great historical reach -- from the Battle of the Bulge to the Kennedy assassination and beyond -- and profound ambition, expressed with an unmistakable ease of execution and a master's sureness of touch. Kathleen Goonan has come through to the kind of control that makes every startling fresh development, and this novel bristles with astonishing moments of development, seem inevitable. Not only does Goonan know that Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie changed the world, she understands that every vision of the future conceals a deep yearning for one's own specific past. That's real wisdom."

IN WAR TIMES wins the Campbell Award.

 Read Locus review of IN WAR TIMES.

Read Rick Kleffel Review of IN WAR TIMES.

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