Judith Tarr is an American

United States

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 author

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, best known for her fantasy

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...

 books. She received her B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College

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 in 1976, and has an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University

University of Cambridge

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, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from Yale University

Yale University

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. She taught Latin at Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

 from 1990-1993.

She breeds Lipizzan

Lipizzan

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 horses at Dancing Horse Farm, her home in Vail, Arizona

Arizona

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. The romantic fantasies that she writes under the name Caitlin Brennan feature dancing horses modeled on those that she raises.

Pseudonyms

• Caitlin Brennan, pseudonym used for publishing at Harlequin Enterprises Limited
• Kathleen Bryan, pseudonym used for publishing at Tor Books
  Tor Books
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Works

• The Hound and the Falcon
  The Hound and the Falcon
  The Hound and the Falcon is a fantasy book trilogy by Judith Tarr, containing the books The Isle of Glass , The Golden Horn , and The Hounds of God ....
  
  , 1993, a collection of earlier works:
  • The Isle of Glass, Bluejay, 1985
  • The Golden Horn, Bluejay, 1985
  • The Hounds of God, Bluejay, 1986
• Avaryan Chronicles series:
  • The Hall of the Mountain King, Tor, 1986
  • The Lady of Han-Gilen, Tor, 1987
  • A Fall of Princes, Tor, 1988
  • Arrows of the Sun, Tor, 1993
  • Spear of Heaven, Tor, 1994
  • Avaryan Rising (omnibus of The Hall of the Mountain King, The Lady of Han-Gilen, and A Fall of Princes), Orb, 1997
  • Tides of Darkness, Tor, October 2002
  • Avaryan Resplendent (omnibus of Arrows of the Sun, Spear of Heaven, and Tides of Darkness), Tor, December 2003
• A Wind in Cairo, Bantam Spectra, 1989
• Ars Magica, Bantam Spectra, 1989
• The Alamut series
  Alamut series
  The Alamut series consists of the two fantasy books Alamut and The Dagger and the Cross by Judith Tarr...
  
  (set in the same universe as The Hound and the Falcon):
  • Alamut, Doubleday, 1989
  • The Dagger and the Cross, Doubleday, 1991
• Blood Feuds (with S.M. Stirling, Susan Shwartz
  Susan Shwartz
  Susan Shwartz is an American author.She received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1972 and a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University.-Novels:* The Woman of Flowers * Byzantium's Crown...
  
  , and Harry Turtledove
  Harry Turtledove
  Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.- Life :...
  
  ), Baen, 1993
• Lord of the Two Lands, Tor, 1993
• His Majesty's Elephant, Jane Yolen Books, 1993
• Blood Vengeance (with Jerry Pournelle
  Jerry Pournelle
  Jerry Eugene Pournelle is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte and has since 1998 been maintaining his own website/blog....
  
  , S.M. Stirling, Susan Shwartz, and Harry Turtledove), Baen, 1993
• Throne of Isis, Forge, 1994
• The Eagle's Daughter, Forge, 1995
• Pillar of Fire
  Pillar of Fire (book)
  Pillar of Fire is a 1995 historical fantasy novel by Judith Tarr. It deals with the reigns of Egyptian pharaohs Akhenaten and Tutankhamun and the Exodus from the perspective of a Hittite slave girl of Ankhesenpaaten...
  
  , Forge, 1995
• King and Goddess, Forge, 1996
• Queen of Swords, Forge, 1997
• White Mare's Daughter, Forge, 1998
• The Shepherd Kings, Forge, June 1999
• Household Gods
  Household Gods
  Household Gods is a science fiction time-travel novel written by Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr.-Plot summary:The story focuses on Nicole Gunther-Perrin, a young lawyer in late 20th Century Los Angeles who is dissatisfied with her hectic life, which includes balancing her career with being a...
  
  (with Harry Turtledove), Tor, September 1999
• Lady of Horses, Forge, June 2000
• Kingdom of the Grail, Roc, September 2000
• Daughter of Lir, Forge, June 2001
• Pride of Kings, Roc, September 2001
• Devil's Bargain, Roc, September 2002
• House of War, Roc, November 2003
• Queen of the Amazons, Tor, April 2004
• The White Magic series (as Caitlin Brennan):
  • The Mountain's Call, Luna, 2004
  • Song of Unmaking, Luna, 2005
  • Shattered Dance, Luna, 2006
• Rite of Conquest, Roc, November 2004
• King's Blood, Roc, October 2005
• The War of the Rose series (as Kathleen Bryan):
  • The Serpent and the Rose, Tor, 2007
  • The Golden Rose, Tor, 2008
  • The Last Paladin, Tor, 2009
• Bring Down the Sun, Tor, 2008

External links

• Author's website
• Bibliography at SciFan
  SciFan
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• Amazon profile for Judith Tarr
• Cover art, synopses and reviews at FantasyLiterature.net