{{Short description|New Zealand writer}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Philippa Ballantine | image = Pip Ballantine 2012.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Ballantine in 2012 | pseudonym = Pip Ballantine | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|8|8}} | birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = author | nationality = New Zealand | period = | genre = Science fiction/Fantasy/Steampunk | subject = | movement = The Podiobook (Podcast Novel) | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = {{URL|http://pjballantine.com}} }}
'''Philippa Ballantine''' (born 8 August 1971), who also used the pen name '''Pip Ballantine''', is a contemporary New Zealand author of speculative fiction and an avid podcaster. She now lives in Manassas, Virginia, with her husband and collaborator Tee Morris.
==History== Philippa Jane Ballantine was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate School and went on to graduate from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in English and Political Science. She also holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Library Studies from The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.
In 2006 Ballantine became the first New Zealand author to podcast her novel.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Weaver's Web – a free audio book | publisher = Podiobooks.com | date = | url = http://www.podiobooks.com/title/weavers-web | format = | doi = | access-date = 3 February 2006 }}</ref>
Ballantine's first Book of the Order, ''Geist'', was published by Ace Books in 2010, followed by ''Spectyr'', ''Wrayth'', and the final in the series ''Harbinger''.<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Novels by Podcast; How to make money from 'free' | magazine = Wired Magazine | url = https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-08/07/novels-by-podcast-how-to-make-money-from-free.aspx | access-date = 7 August 2009 | date = | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090809105931/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-08/07/novels-by-podcast-how-to-make-money-from-free.aspx | archive-date = 9 August 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
She is also the co-author with her husband Tee Morris of the "Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences" novels. The first, ''Phoenix Rising'', came out in 2011 and won an Airship Award for best written work.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Steamcon III Airship Award | publisher = Steampunk.com | date = | url = http://www.steampunk.com/steamcon-iii-airship-awards-winners/ | format = | doi = | access-date = 18 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111020054002/http://www.steampunk.com/steamcon-iii-airship-awards-winners/ | archive-date = 20 October 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
''Phoenix Rising'' was also rated in the top 10 science fiction books of 2011 on goodreads.com.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Goodreads Choice Awards | publisher = goodreads.com | date = | url = http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2011#56598-Best-Science-Fiction | format = | doi = | access-date = 18 January 2012 }}</ref> The sequel ''The Janus Affair'' was a Locus Bestseller<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Locus Bestsellers, September | publisher = Locus | date =13 September 2012 | url = http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2012/09/locus-bestsellers-september/ | format = | doi = | access-date = 13 September 2012 }}</ref> and won the Steampunk Chronicle Readers Choice award for Best Fiction.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Winners 2013 | publisher = Steampunk Chronicle | date = | url = http://steampunkchronicle.com/SPCAwards/Winners2013/tabid/623/Default.aspx | format = | doi = | access-date = 13 September 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130501002117/http://steampunkchronicle.com/SPCAwards/Winners2013/tabid/623/Default.aspx | archive-date = 1 May 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
In 2011 she also signed a book deal with Pyr books for a two-book series, the first of which is ''Hunter and Fox''. The second, ''Kindred and Wings'', came out in 2013.<ref>{{cite news | title = Pip Ballantine: a full head of steam | newspaper = New Zealand Herald | date =20 September 2011 | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10753066 | access-date = 20 September 2011 }}</ref>
==Written material / podcasts==
===Books of the Order=== * Philippa Ballantine, ''Geist'' (2010) Ace Books {{ISBN|0-441-01961-7}} * Philippa Ballantine, ''Spectyr'' (2011) Ace Books {{ISBN|0-441-02051-8}} * Philippa Ballantine, ''Wrayth'' (2012), Ace Books {{ISBN|1-937007-75-8}} * Philippa Ballantine, ''Harbinger'' (2012), Ace Books {{ISBN|0-425-25655-3}}
===The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novels=== * Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2011), HarperVoyager {{ISBN|0-06-204976-3}} * Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''The Janus Affair: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2012), HarperVoyager {{ISBN|0-06-204978-X}} * Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''Dawn's Early Light: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2014), Ace Books {{ISBN|0-425-26731-8}} * Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''The Diamond Conspiracy: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2015), Ace Books {{ISBN|0-425-26732-6}} * Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''The Ghost Rebellion: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel'' (2016), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform {{ISBN|1-5328-8890-2}}
===The Shifted World series=== * Philippa Ballantine, ''Hunter and Fox'' (2012), Pyr Books {{ISBN|1-61614-623-0}} * Philippa Ballantine, ''Kindred and Wings'' (2013), Pyr Books {{ISBN|1-61614-779-2}}
===Verity Fitzroy and the Ministry Seven series=== YA novella * Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''The Curse of the Silver Pharaoh'' (2016), Imagine That! Studios ASIN B01IPJC0YG
===Collections=== * Philippa Ballantine, Tee Morris, ''Magical Mechanications'' (2016) Contains four steampunk novelettes: ''Little Red Flying Hood'', ''Aladdin and His Wonderfully Infernal Device'', ''Little Clockwork Mermaid'', and ''Mechanical Wings'', Imagine That! Studios ASIN B01EZJTNRW
===Podcast novels=== * Philippa Ballantine, ''Weaver's Web'' (2006) Podiobooks.com * Philippa Ballantine, ''Chasing the Bard'' (2008) Podiobooks.com * Philippa Ballantine, ''Weather Child'' (2009) Podiobooks.com * Philippa Ballantine, ''Digital Magic'' (2010) Podiobooks.com
===Collaborations=== * Philippa Ballantine, contributor, "Pieces" (2008) Podiobooks.com
===Podcasts=== * Whispers at the Edge (2006–2008) * The Shared Desk (2011–present)
===Podcast anthology=== * Tales from the Archives (2011–2016) * Chronicles of the Order (2010–2011) * Erotica à la Carte (2008–2010)
==Awards and recognition== * 2013 Steampunk Chronicle Readers Choice Award winner for Best Fiction<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = 2013 Readers Choice Award | publisher = Steampunk Chronicle | date = | url = http://steampunkchronicle.com/SPCAwards/Winners2013/tabid/623/Default.aspx | doi = | access-date = 27 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130501002117/http://steampunkchronicle.com/SPCAwards/Winners2013/tabid/623/Default.aspx | archive-date = 1 May 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref> * 2012 Parsec Award winner for Best Speculative Fiction: Small Cast (Short Form)<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = 2012 Parsec Award Winners | publisher = Parsec Awards | date = | url = http://www.parsecawards.com/2012-parsec-awards/2012-parsec-awards-winners-finalists/ | doi = | access-date = 3 September 2012 }}</ref> * 2011 Airship Award winner for best written work (with Tee Morris)<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Steamcon III Airship Awards | publisher = Steamcon | date =18 October 2011 | url = http://airshipambassador.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/steamcon-iii-airship-awards/ | doi = | access-date = 18 October 2011 }}</ref> * 2011 Sir Julius Vogel Award nominee for Best Novel- Adult<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Sir Julius Vogel Nominations – 2011 | publisher = SFFANZ | date = | url = http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvNominations-2011.shtml | doi = | access-date = 15 April 2011 }}</ref> * 2010 Parsec Award finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = 2010 Finalists | publisher = Parsec Awards | date = | url = http://www.parsecawards.com/2010finalists | format = | doi = | access-date = 23 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100729123443/http://parsecawards.com/2010finalists | archive-date = 29 July 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref> * 2010 Sir Julius Vogel Award finalist for Best fan production<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = SJV Award Nominations 2010 | publisher = SFFANZ | date = | url = http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvNominations-2010.shtml | doi = | access-date = 14 August 2010 }}</ref> * 2009 Parsec Award finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast<ref>{{cite web| title =2009 Finalists| publisher =Parsec Awards| url =http://parsecawards.com/node/861| access-date =23 April 2009| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090727103449/http://parsecawards.com/node/861| archive-date =27 July 2009| df =dmy-all}}</ref> * 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Award winner for Best fan production<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = SJV Award Winners 2009 | publisher = SFFANZ | date = | url = http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvResults-2009.shtml | doi = | access-date = 22 September 2007 }}</ref> * 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Award nominee for Best Novel- Adult<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Sir Julius Vogel Award Results – 2009 | publisher = SFFANZ | date = | url = http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvBallot-2009.shtml | doi = | access-date = 22 September 2007 }}</ref> * 2007 Parsec Award finalist for Best Writing Podcast * 2006 Sir Julius Vogel Award nominee for Best Novel<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | author2 = | title = Sir Julius Vogel Award Results- 2006 | publisher = SFFANZ | date = | url = http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvResults-2006.shtml | doi = | access-date = 22 September 2006 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.pjballantine.com/ Philippa Ballantine's home page] * [http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/search.php?keyword=philippa+ballantine Philippa Ballantine's works at Podiobooks] *{{ISFDB name|id=Philippa_Ballantine|name=Philippa Ballantine}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021223735/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/story-behind-the-shifted-world-by-philippa-ballantine Story Behind The Shifted World – Online Essay By Philippa Ballantine]
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