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Kathy Diane Wentworth (January 27, 1951 – April 18, 2012),[1] known as K. D. Wentworth, was an American science fiction author.[2][3][4] A University of Tulsa graduate, she got her start winning the Writers of the Future Contest in 1988, and then later won Field Publications' "Teachers as Writers" Award in 1991.[5] Wentworth served two terms as secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in the early 2000s.[6] She served as the editor for the Writers of the Future Contest from 2009 until her death.[7] One of her novelettes, "Kaleidoscope" (2008), and three of her short stories, "Burning Bright" (1997). "Tall One" (1998), and "Born Again" (2005) have been Nebula Award finalists.[8][9] Wentworth died on April 18, 2012, from complications with pneumonia and cervical cancer.[1][4]

K. D. Wentworth
Wentworth in 2006
Born	Kathy Diane Wentworth (1951-01-27)January 27, 1951 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	April 18, 2012(2012-04-18) (aged 61) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Occupation	Writer
Period	1989–2012
Genre	Fantasy, Science fiction

Books

Heyoka Blackeagle

• Black on Black, Baen Books: February, 1999 ISBN 0-671-57788-3
• Stars over Stars, Baen Books: March, 2001 ISBN 0-671-31979-5

House of Moons Chronicles

• Moonspeaker, Del Rey Books: November 1994; Hawk Publishing Group: 2000 ISBN 0-9673131-6-3 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 2004)
• House of Moons, Del Rey Books: May 1995; Hawk Publishing Group: 2000 ISBN 0-9673131-7-1 (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 2004)

Empire

• The Course of Empire with Eric Flint; Baen Books: September 2003; ISBN 0-7434-7154-7
• The Crucible Of Empire with Eric Flint; Baen Books: March 2010; ISBN 1-4391-3338-7[10]

Other

• The Imperium Game, Del Rey: February 1994; Hawk Publishing Group: 2000 ISBN 0-9673131-8-X
• This Fair Land, Hawk Publications: October 2002 ISBN 1-930709-30-7

See also

• Ring of Fire (anthology) — Key short story: "Here Comes Santa Claus" which aides in establishing the major canonical Eastern European thread in her story in this popular anthology as well as inspiring in part the Flint sequel "The Wallenstein Gambit" in the same collection — Editor Eric Flint, 2004.

References

External links

• Wentworth K.D. on Science Fiction Enclypedia
• K. D. Wentworth at the Baen Free Library
• K. D. Wentworth at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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