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.

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

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

March 20, 2022 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 Zoraida Córdova and Dhonielle Clayton – The Great Big World: WorldRevealing & WorldBuilding in MG and YA (Webinar)

December 18, 2022 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 Shannon Chakraborty – Beyond Background Filler: History and religion as foundational structures in worldbuilding. (Webinar)

January 15, 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)

April 16, 2023 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 (s4) with SHANNON CHAKRABORTY – Beyond Background Filler: History and Religion As Foundational Structures in Worldbuilding (Webinar)

October 15, 2023 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 (s4) with CHARLIE JANE ANDERS – Establishing an internal monologue (and how it’s different in first and third person) (Webinar)

January 21, 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)

April 21, 2024 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.