Jessica Rydill
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Jessica Rydill is a British Fantasy
author from the West Country
. She was born in 1959. She studied at King's College, Cambridge
and the College of Law, working as a solicitor for 13 years. Her travels have provided some of the inspiration for her writing. She was a founder member of the Write Fantastic writers' group together with authors such as Juliet E. McKenna
and Sarah Ash
.
Her interests include collecting Asian ball-jointed doll
s, Sasha dolls
, myth
, and East European music. Her short story My Brother Jonathan was short-listed for the Ian St James award in 1999 and she appears in The New Writer magazine Roll of Honour.
Her first novel Children of the Shaman was published by Orbit in 2001, and was short-listed for the Locus magazine best first novel in 2002. A sequel, The Glass Mountain
, appeared in October 2002. A short story, The Anniversary, was published in an anthology printed by NewCon Press in 2010 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of The Write Fantastic.
In 2006, Rydill married Stephen Saunders, a writer and designer. Her sister Sarah Ash
, author of the Tears of Artamon trilogy, is also a fantasy novelist.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
author from the West Country
West Country
The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region. It is often defined to encompass the historic counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset and the City of Bristol, while the counties of...
. She was born in 1959. She studied at King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
and the College of Law, working as a solicitor for 13 years. Her travels have provided some of the inspiration for her writing. She was a founder member of the Write Fantastic writers' group together with authors such as Juliet E. McKenna
Juliet E. McKenna
Juliet E. McKenna is a British fantasy author. She was born in Lincolnshire in 1965, and studied Greek and Roman history and literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford...
and Sarah Ash
Sarah Ash
Sarah Ash is a British novelist. She began writing at a very young age, and at the age of twelve completed her first fantasy novel which was called "The Miglas". She trained as a musician at Cambridge University for four years and her interests in music and drama led her into becoming a...
.
Her interests include collecting Asian ball-jointed doll
Ball-jointed doll
A ball-jointed doll is any doll that is articulated with ball and socket joints. In contemporary usage when referring to modern dolls, and particularly when using the acronyms BJD or ABJD, it usually refers to modern Asian ball-jointed dolls. These are cast in polyurethane synthetic resin, a hard,...
s, Sasha dolls
Sasha dolls
Sasha dolls are a type and series of doll created by Swiss artist and dollmaker Sasha Morgenthaler , produced in Germany and the United Kingdom beginning in the late 1960s...
, myth
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
, and East European music. Her short story My Brother Jonathan was short-listed for the Ian St James award in 1999 and she appears in The New Writer magazine Roll of Honour.
Her first novel Children of the Shaman was published by Orbit in 2001, and was short-listed for the Locus magazine best first novel in 2002. A sequel, The Glass Mountain
The Glass Mountain
"The Glass Mountain" is the 6th pulp magazine story to feature The Avenger. Written by Paul Ernst, it was published in the February 1, 1940 issue of "The Avenger” magazine.-Publishing history:...
, appeared in October 2002. A short story, The Anniversary, was published in an anthology printed by NewCon Press in 2010 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of The Write Fantastic.
In 2006, Rydill married Stephen Saunders, a writer and designer. Her sister Sarah Ash
Sarah Ash
Sarah Ash is a British novelist. She began writing at a very young age, and at the age of twelve completed her first fantasy novel which was called "The Miglas". She trained as a musician at Cambridge University for four years and her interests in music and drama led her into becoming a...
, author of the Tears of Artamon trilogy, is also a fantasy novelist.