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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
- Geist (2010) ISBN 0441019617
German edition (2013) Der verfluchte Prinz - Spectyr (2011) ISBN 0441020518
German edition (2014) Göttliche Rache
- Wrayth (2012) ISBN 978-1937007751
German edition (2014) Das zerbrochene Band
- Harbinger (2013) ISBN 978-0425256558
German edition (coming February 2015) Geisterzeichen - The Deacons of the Order (hardcover omnibus containing Geist, Spectyr and Wrayth)
The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences
Books & Braun
- Phoenix Rising (2011) ISBN 0062049763
Hardback Science Fiction Bookclub Edition Available here
German edition Das Zeichen des Phönix
Russian edition МиниÑтерÑтво оÑобых проиÑшеÑтвий
- The Janus Affair (2012) ISBN 978-0062049780
Hardback Science Fiction Edition Available here
German edition Die Janus-Affäre
- Dawn’s Early Light (2014) ISBNÂ 978-0425267318
- The Diamond Conspiracy (2015) ISBN 978-0425267325
The Shifted World
- Hunter and Fox– (2012) ISBN 978-1616146238
- Kindred and Wings– (2013) ISBN 978-1616147792
Independently Published Novels
Anthologies
- Clockwork Fairytales (The Mechanical Wings)
- A Taste of True Blood
- Steampunk World
Short Fiction
- The Little Clockwork Mermaid
- Magic by Gaslight
- Love and Fire- Tales of the Children
- Miss Perfect – Woman’s Day (1998)
- Kitty Karma – Woman’s Day (1998)
Non-fiction
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
Technical Editing
Podcasting
List of complete podcast works
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