Victoria Strauss

Victoria Strauss
Born (1955-09-10) September 10, 1955
Exeter, New Hampshire
Occupation Writer
Language English
Nationality United States
Citizenship United States

Victoria Strauss (born in 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, including SF Site and Fantasy magazine, and her articles on writing have appeared in Writer's Digest and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] She was also honored in 2012 with an Independent Book Blogger Award.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Victoria Strauss Biography on SF Site". Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Victoria Strauss Biography on Official website". Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  3. ↑ "Interview of Victoria Strauss by Sally Franklin Christi". Women on Writing. 2007. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  4. ↑ "Victoria Strauss to receive SFWA Service Award". SFScope. January 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Independent Book Blogger Awards Winners Revealed". Goodreads. May 16, 2012.

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