Philippa Ballantine - Author

Award-winning Author of fantasy, science fiction, and steampunk

Biography

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Long Version

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Philippa has always had her head in a book. For this she blames her father who thought Lord of the Rings was suitable bedtime reading for an eight year old. At the age of thirteen she began writing fantasy stories for herself.

She first earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Political Science and then a Bachelor of Applied Science in Library and Information Science. So soon enough she found herself working in the magical world of libraries where she stayed for over a decade.

Her first professional sale was in 1997, and since then she has gone on to produce mostly novel length fiction. In 2006 she became New Zealand’s first podcast novelist, and her podcasts have won both a Parsec Award and a Sir Julius Vogel award.

Philippa is the author of the Books of the Order series with Ace (Geist, Spectyr, Wrayth and Harbinger), and the Shifted World series with Pyr Books (Hunter and Fox, and Kindred and Wings).

As a hybrid author, she has also independently published her novels, Chasing the Bard, Digital Magic, and her novel set in New Zealand, Weather Child.

She is also the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series with Tee Morris, (Phoenix Rising, The Janus Affair, Dawn’s Early Light, and The Diamond Conspiracy). Phoenix Rising won the Airship Award for best written steampunk, and was the number eight best Science Fiction book of 2011 according to Goodreads.com. The Janus Affair was the seventh most popular science fiction book of 2012 on Goodreads.com, and won the Steampunk Chronicles Reader’s Choice Award for Best Fiction. Dawn’s Early Light won the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for best Steampunk of 2014.

In non-fiction, Pip has co-written with Tee Social Media for Writers from Writer’s Digest.

When not writing or podcasting, Philippa loves reading, gardening, and whenever possible traveling. With her husband Tee Morris and her daughter, she is looked after by a mighty clowder of cats in Manassas, Virginia.

Short and pithy

New Zealand born fantasy writer and podcaster Philippa (Pip) Ballantine is the author of the Books of the Order and the Shifted World series. She is also the co-author with her husband Tee Morris of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novels as well as Social Media for Writers. Her awards include an Airship, a Parsec, the Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Choice, the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for steampunk, and a Sir Julius Vogel. She currently resides in Manassas, Virginia with her husband, daughter, and a furry clowder of cats.

Bibliography


Philippa Ballantine is represented by Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary and is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Novels

Books of the Order
Die Runen der Macht

The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences
Books & Braun

The Shifted World

Independently Published Novels

Anthologies

Short Fiction

Non-fiction

Social Media for Writers

While Editor of New Zealand history site on Suite101.com. 1999-2002

Colonial Wellington revealed – The Dominion-1997

Technical Editing

Podcasting

List of complete podcast works

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