Victoria Strauss (born 1955 in Exeter, New Hampshire ) ^[1] is the author of nine fantasy novels for adults and young adults, including the Stone series ( The Arm of the Stone and The Garden of the Stone ) and the Way of Arata series ( The Burning Land and The Awakened City ). She has written hundreds of book reviews for magazines and ezines, ^[2] including SF Site and Fantasy magazine, and her articles on writing have appeared in Writer's Digest ^[3] and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards. ^[4]

An active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , she is a co-founder, with AC Crispin , of the Committee on Writing Scams, and serves as its vice-chair. ^[5] She maintains the Writer Beware website and blog , which provide information and warnings on writing related schemes, scams, and pitfalls. For this work, she received the SFWA Service Award in 2009. ^[6] She was also honored in 2012 with an Independent Book Blogger Award. ^[7]

Strauss studied Comparative Religion at Vassar College . ^[8]

Bibliography [ edit ]

• The Lady of Rhuddesmere (Frederick Warne, 1982) ^[9]
• Worldstone (Four Winds Press, 1986) ^[10]
• Guardian of the Hills (Morrow Junior Books, 1995) ^[11]
• The Arm of the Stone (HarperCollins Eos, 1998; Phoenix Pick, 2011) ^[12]
• The Garden of the Stone (Harpercollins Eos, 1999; Phoenix Pick, 2011) ^[13]
• The Burning Land (HarperCollins Eos, 2004; Open Road Media, 2016) ^[14]
• The Awakened City (HarperCollins Eos, 2006; Open Road Media, 2016) ^[15]
• Passion Blue (Skyscape: Amazon Children's Publishing, 2012) ^[16]
• Color Song (Skyscape: Amazon Children's Publishing, 2014) ^[17]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official website
• Writer Beware
• Writer Beware Blog
• Victoria Strauss at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database