In 2001, Kathy received the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference’s Pacesetter award for her efforts in the growing Christian science fiction genre. NEW JEDI ORDER: BALANCE POINT was also a 2000 release. Meanwhile, the call to write Star Wars came again, this time from Del Rey Books. Rewritten to enhance their underlying spiritual themes, FIREBIRD and FUSION FIRE reappeared in 19, followed in 2000 by a third Firebird novel, CROWN OF FIRE. Laube, a science fiction fan, was willing to take a risk on the project. A year later, she connected with Steve Laube of Bethany House Publishers. She made three attempts to write a contemporary women’s novel, then turned back to her secret passion, which was to revive the unfinished FIREBIRD series. Targeting the Christian Booksellers Association market, she attended several writers conferences before concluding that no CBA publisher was interested in science fiction. THE TRUCE AT BAKURA hit the bestseller list, and life got hectic, exciting, and generally crazy for a while.Īfter one more novel for Bantam Spectra (ONE MIND’S EYE), Kathy took a sabbatical to deal with family issues. In 1993, her Bantam Spectra editor asked if she’d like to be a Star Wars © writer. First novel FIREBIRD was published by Bantam Spectra books in 1987, followed by FUSION FIRE, CRYSTAL WITNESS, and SHIVERING WORLD. Shortly after finishing the first draft, she joined a writers group, where she learned to critique and self-edit. Her only son took long naps and enjoyed playing alone, so in 1983 she set her electric typewriter on her kitchen table and started writing a book. After teaching primary grades for three years, she retired to start a family. Kathy attended Montana State University in Bozeman, where she received a degree in microbiology, married, performed widely on her flute, and then became certified as a K-12 classroom teacher. Moore, an accomplished dentist and jazz musician who had served during WWII as a test pilot, and Barbara Putnam Moore, flutist with several California orchestras.

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