Christie Golden is an award-winning author who lives in Loveland

Loveland, Colorado

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, Colorado

Colorado

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, United States

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. She has written over thirty novel

Novel

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s and several short stories in fantasy

Fantasy

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, horror

Horror fiction

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 and science fiction

Science fiction

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.

Career

She premiered TSR

TSR, Inc.

Blume and Gygax, the remaining owners, incorporated a new company called TSR Hobbies, Inc., with Blume and his father, Melvin Blume, owning the larger share. The former assets of the partnership were transferred to TSR Hobbies, Inc....

's Ravenloft

Ravenloft

Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a pocket dimension called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces called domains brought together by a mysterious force known only as "The Dark...

 line of novels in 1991 with her first novel - Vampire of the Mists

Vampire of the Mists

Vampire of the Mists is the first novel in the Ravenloft books gothic horror series. Set both in Waterdeep, a city in the Forgotten Realms world of Dungeons and Dragons, and more prominently, the Demiplane of Dread, location of the Ravenloft campaign setting.-Plot summary:The story concerns Jander...

. She followed up with Dance of the Dead and The Enemy Within. Golden has also written short stories set in the Forgotten Realms

Forgotten Realms

The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...

, appearing in anthologies series in which she further explores the character of the elven

Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, elves are a fictional humanoid race that is one of the primary races available for play as player characters. Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic and weapons such as the sword and bow...

 vampire

Vampire (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 Jander Sunstar, whom she established in Vampire of the Mists. Golden has written at least seven Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager

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novels including the popular Dark Matters trilogy, the Homecoming duology, and the Spirit Walk duology.

Golden is also the author of two original fantasy novels from Ace Books

Ace Books

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, King's Man & Thief and Instrument of Fate, which made the 1996 Nebula Preliminary Ballot.

Among her work in the gaming fantasy novels, she wrote Warcraft: Lord of the Clans

Warcraft: Lord of the Clans

Warcraft: Lord of the Clans is a novel by Star Trek novelist Christie Golden based in Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft Universe. It was published by Pocket Books....

2001, and World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde

World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde

World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde is a novel by Christie Golden set in the Warcraft Universe. It was published in December 2006. Golden also has a commitment with Blizzard Entertainment and Simon and Schuster to write a...

(December 2006). She is also writing a trilogy of novels titled StarCraft: the Dark Templar Saga for Blizzard Entertainment and Simon and Schuster Pocketbooks. She also wrote a new book for Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King

World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King

Arthas: Rise of the Lich King is a novel by Christie Golden, the author of Star Trek and other Warcraft novels. The novel released on April 21, 2009.-Plot Summary:...

which was released April 21, 2009. It was Golden's first New York Times bestseller.

Under the name Jadrien Bell she wrote fantasy thrillers entitled A.D. 999 which won her the Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award for Best Genre Novel in 1999.

She is currently halfway through her Final Dance series; the first book in the series On Fire's Wings follows the discovery of the first of five dancers, Kevla the flame dancer. The second book In Stone's Clasp records both the flame dancer, Kevla and the stone dancer, the element of earth, Jareth.

The next book in the series is finished and was published in October 2007 in ebook format only. The book Under Sea's Shadow focuses on the Sea dancer.
The last two books, At Wind's Tempest and Through Soul's Desire would complete the series.

Golden has also written three books for the now almost finished Fate of the Jedi series of Star Wars

Star Wars

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novels.

The Final Dance

• The Final Dance Book 1: On Fire's Wings, LUNA Books, July 2003
• The Final Dance Book 3: Under Sea's Shadow, LUNA Books, October 2007 (e-book only)

Invasion America

• Invasion America, Roc, February 1998
• Invasion America: On the Run, Roc, November 1998

Ravenloft

• Ravenloft: Vampire of the Mists
  Vampire of the Mists
  Vampire of the Mists is the first novel in the Ravenloft books gothic horror series. Set both in Waterdeep, a city in the Forgotten Realms world of Dungeons and Dragons, and more prominently, the Demiplane of Dread, location of the Ravenloft campaign setting.-Plot summary:The story concerns Jander...
  
  , TSR, September 1991
• Ravenloft: Dance of the Dead, TSR, June 1992
• Ravenloft: The Enemy Within, TSR, February 1994

StarCraft

• StarCraft II: Devil's Due, Pocket Books, April 2011
• StarCraft: Secret Missions, Pocket Books, April 2012

StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga

• StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga: Firstborn, Pocket Books, May 2007
• StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga: Shadow Hunters, Pocket Books, November 2007
• StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga: Twilight, Pocket Books, June 2009

Star Trek: Gateways

• Star Trek: Voyager: Gateways Book 5: No Man's Land, Pocket Books, October 2001
• Star Trek: Gateways Book 7: What Lay Beyond: In the Queue, Pocket Books, November 2001

Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Star Trek: The Next Generation: Double Helix Book 6: The First Virtue (with Michael Jan Friedman), Pocket Books, August 1999

Star Trek: Voyager

• Star Trek: Voyager #6: The Murdered Sun, Pocket Books, February 1996
• Star Trek: Voyager #14: Marooned, Pocket Books, December 1997
• Star Trek: Voyager #16: Seven of Nine, Pocket Books, September 1998
• Star Trek: Voyager: Endgame, (with Diane Carey), Pocket Books, July 2001
• Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming, Pocket Books, June 2003
• Star Trek: Voyager: The Farther Shore, Pocket Books, July 2003

Star Trek: Voyager: Dark Matters Trilogy

• Star Trek: Voyager #19: Dark Matters #1: Cloak and Dagger, Pocket Books, November 2000
• Star Trek: Voyager #20: Dark Matters #2: Ghost Dance, Pocket Books, November 2000
• Star Trek: Voyager #21: Dark Matters #3: Shadow of Heaven, Pocket Books, November 2000

Star Trek: Voyager: Spirit Walk Duology

• Star Trek: Voyager: Spirit Walk Book 1: Old Wounds, Pocket Books, November 2004
• Star Trek: Voyager: Spirit Walk Book 2: Enemy of My Enemy, Pocket Books, December 2004

Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi

• Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Omen, Del Rey Books, June 2009
• Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Allies, Del Rey Books, May 2010
• Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension, Del Rey Books, August 2011

World of Warcraft

• Warcraft: Lord of the Clans, Pocket Books, October 2001
• World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde, Pocket Books, December 2006
• World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal (with Aaron Rosenberg), Pocket Books, June 2008
• World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, Pocket Books, May 2009
• World of Warcraft: The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, Pocket Books, October 2010, ISBN 978-1-4391-7274-2
• World of Warcraft: Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects, Pocket Books, July 2011

Short stories and essays

• "Where's the Religion in Willow's Wicca?", BenBella Books, 2003
• "The Sun Child," Angel: The Longest Night, Simon & Schuster, 2002
• "Hard Crash," Star Trek S.C.E.: Have Tech, Will Travel, Pocket Books, 2001
• "The White Doe," Tales of the Slayer, Simon & Schuster, 1999
• "A Light in the Sky," Whitley Strieber's Aliens: An HWA Anthology, Pocket Books, December 1998
• "A Night at Sandrine's," Amazing Stories, December 1998
• "The Ultimate Weapon, Tales from Tethedril, Del Rey, September 1998
• "The Remaking of Millie McCoy," Urban Nightmares, Baen Books, November 1997
• "Though Hell Should Bar the Way," with A.C. Crispin, Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues, DAW Books, Inc., June 1997
• "The Play's the Thing," Miskatonic, DAW Books, Inc., November 1996
• "Stag Party," OtherWere, Ace Books, September 1996
• "Summer Storms," Lammas Night, Baen Books, February, 1996
• "The Quiet Place," Realms of Magic, TSR, December 1995
• "Breathtaking Music," Blood Muse, Donald I. Fine, December 1995
• "One Good Bite," 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, Barnes & Noble, August 1995
• "Witch Hunt" and "The Angel," 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Barnes & Noble, July 1995
• "Blood Sport," Realms of Infamy, TSR, December 1994
• "One Last Drink," Realms of Valor, TSR, February 1993

External links

• Official website
• Bios and Bibliography
• Christie Golden Interview Warcraft: Lord of the Clans
  Warcraft: Lord of the Clans
  Warcraft: Lord of the Clans is a novel by Star Trek novelist Christie Golden based in Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft Universe. It was published by Pocket Books....
  
   Pocketbook
• Christie Golden Interview StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga Pocketbook