Philippa Ballantine

Philippa Ballantine

Ballantine in 2012
Born (1971-08-08) 8 August 1971
Wellington, New Zealand
Pen name Pip Ballantine
Occupation author
Nationality New Zealand
Genre Science fiction/Fantasy/Steampunk
Literary movement The Podiobook (Podcast Novel)
Website
pjballantine.com

Philippa Ballantine (born 8 August 1971), who also used the pen name Pip Ballantine, is a contemporary New Zealand author of speculative fiction and an avid podcaster. She now lives in Manassas, Virginia, with her husband and collaborator Tee Morris.

History

Philippa Jane Ballantine was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate School and went on to graduate from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in English and Political Science. She also holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Library Studies from The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.

In 2006 Ballantine became the first New Zealand author to podcast her novel.[1]

Ballantine's first Book of the Order, Geist, was published by Ace Books in 2010, followed by Spectyr, Wrayth, and the final in the series Harbinger.[2]

She is also the co-author with her husband Tee Morris of the "Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences" novels. The first, Phoenix Rising, came out in 2011 and won an Airship Award for best written work.[3]

Phoenix Rising was also rated in the top 10 science fiction books of 2011 on goodreads.com.[4] The sequel The Janus Affair was a Locus Bestseller[5] and won the Steampunk Chronicle Readers Choice award for Best Fiction.[6]

In 2011 she also signed a book deal with Pyr books for a two-book series, the first of which is Hunter and Fox. The second, Kindred and Wings, came out in 2013.[7]

Written material / podcasts

Books of the Order

The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novels

The Shifted World series

Podcast novels

Collaborations

Podcasts

Podcast anthology

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Weaver's Web – a free audio book". Podiobooks.com. Retrieved 3 February 2006.
  2. ↑ "Novels by Podcast; How to make money from 'free'". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Steamcon III Airship Award". Steampunk.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Goodreads Choice Awards". goodreads.com. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Locus Bestsellers, September". Locus. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Winners 2013". Steampunk Chronicle. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Pip Ballantine: a full head of steam". New Zealand Herald. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "2013 Readers Choice Award". Steampunk Chronicle. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "2012 Parsec Award Winners". Parsec Awards. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Steamcon III Airship Awards". Steamcon. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Sir Julius Vogel Nominations – 2011". SFFANZ. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  12. ↑ "2010 Finalists". Parsec Awards. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  13. ↑ "SJV Award Nominations 2010". SFFANZ. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  14. ↑ "2009 Finalists". Parsec Awards. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  15. ↑ "SJV Award Winners 2009". SFFANZ. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
  16. ↑ "Sir Julius Vogel Award Results – 2009". SFFANZ. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
  17. ↑ "Sir Julius Vogel Award Results- 2006". SFFANZ. Retrieved 22 September 2006.

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