Gael Baudino

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Gael Baudino, born in 1955, is an American fantasy author who also writes under the names Gael Kathryns, Gael A. Kathryns, K.M. Tonso and G.A. Kathryns. She attended the University of Southern California. Sometime before 1994 she converted from Dianic Wicca to the Quaker faith. In the 1990s, as Gael Kathryns, she wrote instructional harp articles for the Folk Harp Journal and produced harp materials, including The Wire Strung Primer (1991) and the album For Martha (1990), both published by Raging Celt Productions of Englewood, Colorado. She also published short fiction in magazines and anthologies; her story Before appeared in Lammas Night (1996), edited by Mercedes Lackey. David V. Barrett interviewed her for Interzone in 1994. Her novels include Dragonsword (1988), Gossamer Axe (1990) and the Strands books.

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Books

• Strands of Starlight (1989) · Strands Core Canon
• Maze of Moonlight (1993) · Strands Core Canon
• Shroud of Shadow (1993) · Strands Core Canon
• Strands of Sunlight (1994) · Strands Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 4 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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