Biography
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 she has voiced and produced Weaver’s Web, Chasing the Bard, Weather Child and Digital Magic as podiobooks. Her podcasts have been short listed for the Parsec Awards, and won a Sir Julius Vogel award.
Philippa is the author of the Books of the Order series with Ace- the first of which Geist was released in October 2010. Spectyr (June 2011), Wrayth (2012) and Harbinger are to follow. She is also the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series with Tee Morris (her soon-to-be husband). Phoenix Rising debuted in May 2011 and Of Cogs and Corsets will be out in 2012. She also has the Shifted World series with Pyr Books, with the first book Hunter and Fox coming in 2012.
When not writing or podcasting, Philippa loves reading, gardening, and whenever possible traveling. Her two Siberian cats, Sebastian and Viola make sure she and the family stay out of trouble.
Bibliography
Philippa Ballantine is represented by Laurie McLean of Larsen Pomada Agency
Novels
Massmarket
Geist - from Ace Books (2010) ISBN 0441019617
Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Phoenix Rising- (2011) ISBN 0062049763
Spectyr- from Ace Books (2011) ISBN 0441020518
Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Cogs and Corsets- Coming 2012 from Harper Voyager
Wrayth- coming 2012 from Ace Books
Hunter and Fox- coming 2012 from Pyr Books
Harbinger- coming 2013 from Ace Books
Born and Made- coming in 2013 from Pyr Books
Trade paperback
Digital Magic- DragonMoon Press (2008) out of print
Chasing the Bard- DragonMoon Press (2005) out of print
E-published
Weaver’s Web- Writer’s Exchange (2002) out of print
Anthologies
Articles
While Editor of New Zealand history site on Suite101.com. 1999-2002
- William Larnach’s castle
- James Busby
- Chunuck Bair
- Grande Theatres of Wellington
- Katherine Mansfield
- Legendary creatures of New Zealand
- Von Tempsky- solider and more
Colonial Wellington revealed – The Dominion-1997
Short Stories
Love and Fire- Tales of the Children
Miss Perfect – Woman’s Day (1998)
Kitty Karma – Woman’s Day (1998)
Technical Editing
Sams Teach Yourself Twitter in 10 minutes