{{short description|American fantasy author}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Kate Novak | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = University of Pittsburgh (B.Sc.) | occupation = Writer | spouse = {{marriage|Jeff Grubb|1983}} | parents = | children = }}

'''Kate Novak''' is an American fantasy author.<ref name="buker2002">{{cite book | first=Derek M. | last=Buker | year=2002 | title=The science fiction and fantasy readers' advisory: the librarian's guide to cyborgs, aliens, and sorcerers | pages=[https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionfa00buke_0/page/127 127&ndash;128] | series=ALA readers' advisory series | publisher=ALA Editions | isbn=0-8389-0831-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionfa00buke_0/page/127 }}</ref>

==Biography== Novak grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in chemistry.

She primarily published in the ''Forgotten Realms'' and ''Ravenloft'' shared worlds.<ref> {{cite web | title=Kate Novak - Forgotten Realms author |url=http://www.o-love.net/realms/auth_nov.html | publisher=Forgotten Realms: The Library | accessdate=19 February 2008 }} </ref>

She is married to writer and game designer Jeff Grubb.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3449000139.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114223118/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3449000139.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 November 2018 | title=Grubb, Jeff 1957– | journal=Contemporary Authors | date=1 January 2006 | accessdate=10 October 2012|via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> Novak and Grubb are co-authors of the best-selling ''Finder's Stone Trilogy'', and collaborated on the book ''Azure Bonds''. The success of the book resulted in the creation of the computer game, ''Curse of the Azure Bonds''.{{cn|date=May 2026}}

==Bibliography== * ''The Finder's Stone Trilogy'' (with Jeff Grubb) ** ''Azure Bonds'' (1988), {{ISBN|0-88038-612-6}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Novak |first=Kate |title=Azure bonds |last2=Grubb |first2=Jeff |date=1988 |publisher=TSR |others=Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) |isbn=978-0-88038-612-8 |location=Lake Geneva, WI}}</ref> ** ''The Wyvern's Spur'' (1990), {{ISBN|0-88038-902-8}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Novak |first=Kate |title=The wyvern's spur |last2=Grubb |first2=Jeff |date=1990 |publisher=TSR |isbn=978-0-88038-902-0 |location=Lake Geneva, WI, U.S.A}}</ref> ** ''Song of the Saurials'' (1991), {{ISBN|1-56076-060-5}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Novak |first=Kate |title=Song of the Saurials |last2=Grubb |first2=Jeff |date=1991 |publisher=TSR |others=Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) |isbn=978-1-56076-060-3 |series=The finder's stone trilogy |location=Lake Geneva, WI}}</ref> * ''The Harpers'' (with Jeff Grubb) ** ''Book 10: Masquerades'' (1995), {{ISBN|0-7869-0152-7}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Novak |first=Kate |title=Masquerades |last2=Grubb |first2=Jeff |date=1995 |publisher=TSR |others=Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) |isbn=978-0-7869-0152-4 |series=The Harpers |location=Lake Geneva, Wis ; Cambridge}}</ref> ** ''Book 15: Finder's Bane'' (1997), {{ISBN|0-7869-0658-8}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Novak |first=Kate |title=Finder's Bane |date=2012 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast Publishing |others=Jeff Grubb |isbn=978-0-7869-0658-1 |series=Lost Gods Ser |location=Renton}}</ref> * ''The Lost Gods'' (with Jeff Grubb) ** ''Tymora's Luck'' (1997), sequel to ''Finder's Bane'', {{ISBN|0-7869-0726-6}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Novak |first=Kate |title=Tymora's Luck: Forgotten Realms |date=2012 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast Publishing |others=Jeff Grubb |isbn=978-0-7869-0726-7 |series=Lost Gods Ser |location=Renton}}</ref>

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==Further reading==

* {{cite web |title = Pen & Paper RPG Database Bibliography for Kate Novak |url = http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=2205 |publisher = Pen & Paper RPG Database |accessdate = 19 February 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050116090703/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=2205 |archivedate = 16 January 2005 }} * {{cite web | title=MobyGames profile for Kate Novak |url=http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,25793/ | publisher=MobyGames | accessdate=19 February 2008 }}

==External links== *{{cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net:80/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=2205 |archive-date=16 January 2005 |title=Kate Novak :: Pen & Paper RPG Database |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050116090703/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=2205 |access-date=19 February 2008 }} *{{ISFDB name|id=Kate_Novak|name=Kate Novak}}

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