Karen Miller
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Karen Miller is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n writer.

Miller was born in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and moved to Australia at the age of two. After graduating from the Sydney University of Technology
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...

 she moved to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 for three years before moving back to Australia. Along with being a novelist she has written and directed plays for her local theatre group.

In 2005 Miller's first novel was released entitled The Innocent Mage
The Innocent Mage
The Innocent Mage is the first novel in the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series by Karen Miller.-Plot introduction:Asher of Restharven wishes to own his own boat so that he may get away from his six brothers and spend time with his father. He goes seeking fortune in Dorana and ends up in service of the...

. This was the first novel in the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker
Kingmaker, Kingbreaker
Kingmaker, Kingbreaker is a series of adult fantasy novels by Australian author Karen Miller about the lives of an unlikely fisherman and a prince...

series and was followed shortly after by Innocence Lost
Innocence Lost
Innocence Lost is the second novel in the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series by Karen Miller.-Plot introduction:...

. The Innocent Mage was widely acclaimed on it release in Australia and was a finalist in the 2005 Aurealis Awards fantasy division. Since then she has written several other novels, Empress of Mijak and The Riven Kingdom were honoured by the James Tiptree, Jr. Award
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
The James Tiptree, Jr. Award is an annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender. It was initiated in February of 1991 by science fiction authors Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler, subsequent to a discussion at WisCon.- Background...

s and has written two novels for Fandemonium's Stargate SG-1 series.

Miller also writes under the pseudonym K. E. Mills, releasing the first novel in the Rogue Agent series, The Accidental Sorcerer under this pen name.

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker Universe

  • Kingmaker, Kingbreaker
    Kingmaker, Kingbreaker
    Kingmaker, Kingbreaker is a series of adult fantasy novels by Australian author Karen Miller about the lives of an unlikely fisherman and a prince...

    • The Innocent Mage
      The Innocent Mage
      The Innocent Mage is the first novel in the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series by Karen Miller.-Plot introduction:Asher of Restharven wishes to own his own boat so that he may get away from his six brothers and spend time with his father. He goes seeking fortune in Dorana and ends up in service of the...

      (2005)
    • Innocence Lost
      Innocence Lost
      Innocence Lost is the second novel in the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series by Karen Miller.-Plot introduction:...

      (The Awakened Mage in US/Canada/UK) (2005)
  • Fisherman's Children
    • The Prodigal Mage (2009)
    • The Reluctant Mage (2010)
  • Prequel
    • Blight of Mages (2011)

Godspeaker

  • Empress of Mijak
    Empress of Mijak
    Empress of Mijak is the first novel in the Godspeaker series by Karen Miller.-Plot summary:"Hekat will be slave to no man..."...

    (Empress in US/Canada/UK) (2007)
  • The Riven Kingdom
    The Riven Kingdom
    The Riven Kingdom is the second novel in the Godspeaker series by Karen Miller.-Plot summary:For hundreds of years, the small island kingdom of Ethrea sat in the middle of a precariously balanced treaty agreement that ensured peace...

    (2007)
  • Hammer of God (2008)

Rogue Agent

  • The Accidental Sorcerer (2008) writing as K. E. Mills. ISBN 9780732287634
  • Witches Incorporated (2009) writing as K. E. Mills. ISBN 9780316035446
  • Wizard Squared (June 2010) writing as K. E. Mills. ISBN 9781841497297
  • "Wizard Undercover" (Jan 2012) writing as K. E. Mills. ISBN 9781841499949

Star Wars

  • The Clone Wars: Wild Space (2008)
  • Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth (2010)
  • Clone Wars Gambit: Siege (2010)

Stargate SG-1

  • Alliances (2006)
  • Medical Considerations (2006) in the Stargate Magazine
  • Do No Harm (2008)

Aurealis Awards

Fantasy division
  • Finalist: The Innocent Mage (2005)
  • Honoured: Empress of Mijak (2007)
  • Finalist: The Riven Kingdom (2008)
  • Finalist: Witches Incorporated (2009)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

  • Honoured: Empress of Mijak (2007)
  • Honoured: The Riven Kingdom (2007)

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