# Gael Baudino

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American fantasy author

**Gael Baudino** (born 1955) is a contemporary American [fantasy](/source/Fantasy) [author](/source/Author) who also writes under the pseudonyms of Gael Kathryns, Gael A. Kathryns, K.M. Tonso, and G.A. Kathryns. She attended college at the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California).[1] Sometime before 1994 she converted from [Dianic Wicca](/source/Dianic_Wicca) and became a [Quaker](/source/Society_of_Friends).[2][3] As Gael Kathryns she contributed several instructional articles about [harping](/source/Cl%C3%A0rsach) to the Folk Harp Journal during the 1990s.[4]

## Bibliography

### The Dragonsword Trilogy

- *[Dragonsword](/source/Dragonsword_(novel))* (1988) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-55802-003-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55802-003-9)

- *[Duel of Dragons](/source/Duel_of_Dragons_(novel))* (1991) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45097-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45097-3)

- *[Dragon Death](/source/Dragon_Death_(novel))* (1992) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45147-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45147-3)

### The Strands Series

- *[Strands of Starlight](/source/Strands_of_Starlight)* (1989) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-16371-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-16371-0)[5]

- *[Maze of Moonlight](/source/Maze_of_Moonlight)* (1993) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45230-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45230-5)

- *[Shroud of Shadow](/source/Shroud_of_Shadow)* (1993) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45294-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45294-1)

- *[Strands of Sunlight](/source/Strands_of_Sunlight)* (1994) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45408-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45408-1)

- *Spires of Spirit* (1997) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45568-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45568-1) - A collection of six short stories set in the "Strands" universe.

### The Water! series

- *O Greenest Branch!* (1995) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45449-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45449-9)

- *The Dove Looked In* (1996) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45497-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45497-9)

- *Branch and Crown* (1996) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45553-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45553-3)

### Standalone

- *Gossamer Axe* (1990) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45025-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45025-6)

- *The Borders of Life* (1999) as G.A. Kathryns. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45574-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45574-6)

- *Darkling Incidence* (2015) as K.M Tonso. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1938644245](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1938644245).

- *Snow City* (2017) as G.A. Kathryns. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1542858076](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1542858076)

### Short stories

- "Lady of the Forest End" - *Amazons II* edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1982) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-87997-736-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87997-736-1)

- "The Shadow of the Starlight" - published in *[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction](/source/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction)* (April 1985), republished in 1997 in *Spires of Spirit*.

- "[The Persistence of Memory](/source/The_Persistence_of_Memory_(short_story))" - published in: - *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction* (November 1985) - *The Year's Best Fantasy 12* edited by Arthur W. Saha (1986) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88677-163-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88677-163-3) - *The [Bank Street](/source/Bank_Street_College_of_Education) Book of Fantasy* edited by Howard Zimmerman (1989) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-671-63146-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-63146-2). This is a book of short stories converted into [graphic novels](/source/Graphic_novels) for early teen readers.

- "[Tidings of Comfort and Joy](/source/Tidings_of_Comfort_and_Joy_(short_story))" edited by Dennis L. McKiernan - *The Magic of Christmas* (1992) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45190-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45190-2)

- "Before" - *Lammas Night* edited by [Mercedes Lackey](/source/Mercedes_Lackey) (1996) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-671-87713-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-87713-5) - this story occurs in the same setting as Baudino's novel *The Borders of Life*.

- "Bitterfoot" - *Sisters in Fantasy 2* edited by Susan Schwartz (1996) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-451-45503-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-45503-7)

- "Charity" - in *Spires of Spirit*.

- "Lady of Light" -in *Spires of Spirit*

- "A Touch of Distant Hands" - in *Spires of Spirit*

- "Elvenhome" - in *Spires of Spirit*

- "Please Come to Denver (in the Spring)" in *Spires of Spirit*

### Nonfiction works

- The Wire Strung Primer (as Gael Kathryns) - Raging Celt Productions, Englewood, Colorado, 1991

- Interview by David V. Barrett: "Music and Magic", in *[Interzone Science Fiction magazine](/source/Interzone_(magazine))* #90 (1994), page 19–22.

### Recordings

- *For Martha* (as Gael Kathryns) - RC901 Raging Celt Productions, Englewood, Colorado, 1990 - original harp music

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Baudino, Gael (1988). *Author information on last page of Dragonsword*. Lynx Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-55802-003-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55802-003-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Barret, David V. (December 1994). "Music and Magic". *Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy*. **90**: 19–22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Science Fiction/Fantasy Authors of Various Faiths"](https://web.archive.org/web/20011020224202/http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_other.html). Archived from the original on October 20, 2001. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["List of Contributors to FHJ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061225030212/http://tns-www.lcs.mit.edu/harp/fhj/k.html). Archived from [the original](http://tns-www.lcs.mit.edu/harp/fhj/k.html) on December 25, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Book Review: Strands of Starlight". *Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy*. **91**: 58. January 1995.

## External links

- [Pages of Starlight](https://web.archive.org/web/20050729120218/http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Balcony/2570/gael.html) at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (archived July 29, 2005), archive of a fan page

- [Bibliography](https://web.archive.org/web/20070305224106/http://scifan.com/writers/bb/BaudinoGael.asp) at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (archived March 5, 2007), archive of SciFan page

- [Gael Baudino](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Gael_Baudino) at the [Internet Speculative Fiction Database](/source/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database)

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