Kate Elliott (she/her)

Kate Elliott has been publishing for over 30 years with a particular focus in immersive world building & centering women in epic stories of adventure & transformative cultural change. Her most recent novel is Unconquerable Sun, gender swapped Alexander the Great in space. She is best known for her Crown of Stars epic fantasy series, the Afro-Celtic post-Roman alt-history fantasy (with lawyer dinosaurs) Cold Magic, and YA fantasy Court of Fives. She lives in Hawaii, where she paddles outrigger canoes & spoils her schnauzer.

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Narrative Worlds with Kate Elliott and Ken Liu (Webinar)

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February 21, 2021 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds is a monthly discussion between Kate Elliott and a guest, looking into a specific single worldbuilding topic in depth.

Narrative Worlds with Kate Elliott and Rebecca Roanhorse (Webinar)

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March 21, 2021 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds is a monthly discussion between Kate Elliott and a guest, looking into a specific single worldbuilding topic in depth.

Narrative Worlds with Kate Elliott and Nilah Magruder (Webinar)

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April 18, 2021 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds is a monthly discussion between Kate Elliott and a guest, looking into a specific single worldbuilding topic in depth.

Narrative Worlds with Kate Elliott and Malinda Lo (Webinar)

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May 16, 2021 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds: Go Big or Go Home! Bringing Hefty Themes, Structures, and Influences to Doorstopper Novels (Webinar)

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November 21, 2021 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Panelists: Kate Elliott (she/her) and Fonda Lee
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Narrative Worlds is a monthly discussion between Kate Elliott and a guest, looking into a specific single worldbuilding topic in depth.

Narrative Worlds: Using Character Interactions To Seamlessly Build Worlds and Narratives Without Infodump (Webinar)

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December 19, 2021 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Panelists: Kate Elliott (she/her) and Ann Leckie
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Narrative Worlds: The Puzzles Inside Worldbuilding: Constructing Narratives at Various Lengths (Webinar)

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January 16, 2022 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds: I Hate Worldbuilding And I Have To Do It Anyway: Why Are There No Shortcuts (Webinar)

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February 20, 2022 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds: Go Big or Go Home! Bringing Hefty Themes, Structures, and Influences to Doorstopper Novels II (Webinar)

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March 20, 2022 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds: How to Avoid the Monoculture: Writing Cultures in Isolation and Contact (Webinar)

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April 24, 2022 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds with DongWon Song: A deep dive into the revision process (Webinar)

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October 16, 2022 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds with Ursula Vernon – Not just Nobility: Everyday Lives as Worldbuilding. (Webinar)

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November 20, 2022 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds with Zoraida Córdova and Dhonielle Clayton – The Great Big World: WorldRevealing & WorldBuilding in MG and YA (Webinar)

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December 18, 2022 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds with Shannon Chakraborty – Beyond Background Filler: History and religion as foundational structures in worldbuilding. (Webinar)

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January 15, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds with Ken Liu – Go Big or Go Bigger: Worldbuilding on the most epic scale (Webinar)

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February 19, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds with Susan dennard – You Are Not A Failure: Dealing with writerly fear, doubt, frustration, and despair. (Webinar)

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March 19, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds with Malinda Lo – When Lightning Strikes (and when lightning doesn’t strike): what’s under our control in our careers and what isn’t. (Webinar)

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April 16, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds (s4) with SHANNON CHAKRABORTY – Beyond Background Filler: History and Religion As Foundational Structures in Worldbuilding (Webinar)

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October 15, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds (s4) with DONGWON SONG – Character Arcs: A Deep Dive (Webinar)

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December 17, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds (s4) with CHARLIE JANE ANDERS – Establishing an internal monologue (and how it’s different in first and third person) (Webinar)

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January 21, 2024 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds (s4) with SUSAN DENNARD – Navigating the Pressures of Writing: Coping, Caring, Re-calibrating (Webinar)

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February 18, 2024 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds (s4) with NALO HOPKINSON – Creativity as A Lifelong Process (Webinar)

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March 17, 2024 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds (s4) with RYKA AOKI – Identity or Identities: How much of the worlds we come from can, will, or should come into the worlds we create. (Webinar)

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April 21, 2024 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Narrative Worlds (s4) with JOHN SCALZI – Being Online: Negotiating the Changing Terrain of Social Media in the 21st Century. (WEBINAR)

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May 19, 2024 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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