Rysa Walker
American science fiction writer (born 1961)
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Rysa Walker is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and mysteries. Her first novel, Timebound, was the 2013 Grand Prize winner of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.[1]
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Author |
| Period | 2012–present |
| Literary movement | Science Fiction / Time Travel |
| Notable awards | Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (2013) |
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Early life, family and education
Walker was born and raised in Northwest Florida. After graduating from St. Andrews University in North Carolina, she earned a PhD in political science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
Career
After teaching political science and history at various universities, she began writing fiction full time in 2014.[3]
Walker's first novel, Timebound (The CHRONOS Files Book One), was originally self-published as Time's Twisted Arrow in 2012. In January 2013, she entered the book into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, competing against 10,000 self-published and unpublished novels.[4] The Publishers Weekly review of the book during the competition called the book's heroine, Kate Pierce-Keller, the "Katniss Everdeen of time travel," adding that the "story reads like a mash-up of Jack Finney’s 'Time and Again' and Erik Larson’s 'The Devil in the White City.' In the end, this novel works as a contemporary, sexed-up tribute to one of those great old Heinlein juveniles from the 1950s."[5]Timebound was announced June 15, 2013, as the winner of the grand prize, a $50,000 advance and a contract with Skyscape, an Amazon Publishing imprint.[6]
Timebound has been translated into fourteen languages. Five additional CHRONOS novels were published through the Skyscape and 47North imprints beginning in 2016. A separate science fiction series, The Delphi Trilogy, was published by Skyscape beginning in 2017.[7]
In addition to science fiction, Walker also writes mysteries as C. Rysa Walker.[8]
Reception
Time's Edge, the second book in The CHRONOS Files, appeared at #10 on the bestselling e-books list of The Wall Street Journal on October 30, 2014.[9]
The Delphi Effect was a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Writers Awards,[10] a 2017 Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Science Fiction,[11] and a 2017 Junior Library Guild selection.[12]
The Publishers Weekly review of Now, Then, and Everywhen lauded the "twisty narrative that expertly blends the past and the future. Fans of intelligent time-travel stories will be rewarded."[13]
Bibliography
The Chronos Files
Novels
- Timebound (December 1, 2013) (formerly Time's Twisted Arrow)
- Time's Edge (October 21, 2014)
- Time's Divide (October 20, 2015)
Novellas
- Time's Echo (May 25, 2014) – Novella
- Time's Mirror (June 30, 2015) – Novella
- Simon Says (December 18, 2015) – Novella
Short stories
- Whack Job (June 17, 2016)
- 2092 (June 18, 2016)
- The Gambit (June 18, 2016)
Graphic Novel
- Time Trial (November 9, 2016)
Chronos Origins
Novels
- Now, Then, and Everywhen (April 1, 2020)
- Red, White, and the Blues (January 19, 2021)
- Bell, Book, and Key (November 16, 2021)
Short stories
- The Circle That Whines (Feb 4, 2020)
- Full Circle (Feb 5, 2020)
Anthology
- Time's Vault (June 15, 2021)
The Delphi Trilogy
Novels
- The Delphi Effect (October 11, 2016)
- The Delphi Resistance (October 24, 2017)
- The Delphi Revolution (October 9, 2018)
Novella
- The Abandoned (June 21, 2018)
The Icarus Code
- The Cold Light of Stars (October 11, 2016)
- First Watch of Night (May 11, 2023)
- Dark Little Worlds (forthcoming)
Enter Haddonwood (with Caleb Amsel)
Novels
- As the Crow Flies (October 15, 2019)
- When the Cat's Away (August 14, 2020)
- Where Wolves Fear to Prey (August 24, 2022)
Thistlewood Star Mysteries (as C. Rysa Walker)
Novels
- A Murder in Helvetica Bold (September 25, 2019)
- Palatino for the Painter (September 26, 2019)
- A Seance in Franklin Gothic (September 28, 2019)
- Courier to the Stars (November 29, 2019)
- Comic Sans for the Ex (November 3, 2020)
Coastal Playhouse Murder Mysteries (with C. Rysa Walker)
Novels
- Curtains for Romeo (November 4, 2019)
- Arsenic and Ole (November 4, 2019)
- Offed Off-Broadway (November 4, 2019)
- Exes, Stage Right (October 14, 2021)
Serial
- Improbable: The Outlandish Adventures of Miriam Cole: Seasons 1-11 (September 11, 2023)
Personal life
Walker currently resides with her family in Cary, North Carolina.[14]