K. D. Wentworth
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Kathy Diane Wentworth (January 27, 1951 – April 18, 2012),<ref name="sfs120419"/> known as K. D. Wentworth, was an American science fiction author.<ref name="mp071229"/><ref name="kcs020504"/><ref name="tw120422"/> 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.<ref name="loc120419"/> Wentworth served two terms as secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in the early 2000s.<ref name="sfwa12"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She served as the editor for the Writers of the Future Contest from 2009 until her death.<ref name="wotf09"/> 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.<ref name="ust990429"/><ref name="neb06"/> Wentworth died on April 18, 2012, from complications with pneumonia and cervical cancer.<ref name="sfs120419"/><ref name="tw120422"/>
Bibliography
- "Dust" (Starshore - Summer 1990, Magazine, April 1, 1990; Out of Print)
- "The Tie That Binds" (Figment #7, Magazine, September 1, 1991; Out of Print)
- "Dark of the Moon" (After Hours #13, Magazine, January 1, 1992; Out of Print)
- "Along the Old Rose Trail" (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction - December 1993, Magazine, December 1, 1993; Out of Print)
- "Some Like Them Dead" (Figment #16, Magazine, December 1, 1993; Out of Print)
- The Imperium Game (February 1, 1994; Out of Print)
- Moonspeaker (April 11, 1994, House of Moons Book #1)
- "The Sport of Kings" (Mindsparks #5, Short Story Anthology, September 1, 1994; Out of Print)
- "Night of the Living Bra" (Return to the Twilight Zone, Short Story Anthology, December 1, 1994; Out of Print)
- House of Moons (May 28, 1995, House of Moons Book #2)
- Black on Black (February 1, 1999, Heyoka Blackeagle Book #1; Out of Print)
- Stars over Stars (March 1, 2001, Heyoka Blackeagle Book #2; Out of Print)
- This Fair Land (August 15, 2002; Out of Print)
- The Course of Empire (September 1, 2003, with Eric Flint, Empire Book #1)
- "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Ring of Fire, Short Story Anthology, January 1, 2004; Out of Print)
- The Crucible of Empire (March 1, 2004, with Eric Flint, Empire Book #2)
- "Riverkin" (Fantastic Companions, Short Story Anthology, April 3, 2005)
- "The Rose War" (Twenty Epics, Short Story Anthology, August 1, 2008; Out of Print)
- "Eddie and the King's Daughter" (Ring of Fire II, Short Story Anthology, January 1, 2008; Out of Print)
- "Same, Same" (Front Lines, Short Story Anthology, May 1, 2008; Out of Print)
- "Drinking Problem" (Seeds of Change, Short Story Anthology, August 1, 2008; Out of Print)
References
External links
- Wentworth K.D. on Science Fiction Enclypedia
- K. D. Wentworth Template:Webarchive at the Baen Free Library
- Template:ISFDB name
- 1951 births
- 2012 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American science fiction writers
- American women short story writers
- Deaths from cancer in Oklahoma
- Deaths from cervical cancer in the United States
- Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma
- University of Tulsa alumni
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century American women novelists
- 21st-century American women novelists
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- Novelists from Oklahoma