P.C. Hodgell

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-26

P.C. Hodgell is an American fantasy writer born March 16, 1951, in Des Moines, Iowa, who holds a Master's degree and a PhD in 19th-century English literature from the University of Minnesota, the latter focused on Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, and is a graduate of the Clarion and Milford writers' workshops. She published her first novel, God Stalk, in 1982, beginning the ongoing Kencyrath series that also includes Dark of the Moon, Seeker's Mask, To Ride a Rathorn, Bound in Blood, and Deathless Gods, among other volumes and story collections. She taught in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh until retiring in 2006 to write full-time, and also created an audio-cassette course on science fiction and fantasy for the University of Minnesota. Her writing has received the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in 2008 and multiple Locus Award and Mythopoeic Award nominations.

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Books

• God Stalk (1982) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• Dark of the Moon (1985) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• Seeker's Mask (1994) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• To Ride a Rathorn (2006) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• Bound in Blood (2010) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• Honor's Paradox (2011) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• The Sea of Time (2014) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• The Gates of Tagmeth (2016) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• By Demons Possessed (2019) · Kencyrath Core Canon
• Deathless Gods (2022) · Kencyrath Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 10 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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