Karen Miller Explained

Karen Miller
Pseudonym:	K. E. Mills
Birth Name:	Karen Miller
Birth Place:	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:	Novelist
Nationality:	Australian
Period:	2005—present
Genre:	Fantasy

Karen Miller is an Australian writer. She is best known for The Innocent Mage, the first book in her duology Kingmaker, Kingbreaker.

Biography

Miller was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and moved to Australia at the age of two.^[1] After graduating from the University of Technology, Sydney she moved to England for three years before moving back to Australia. Along with being a novelist she has written and directed plays for her local theatre group.^[1]

In 2005 Miller's first novel was released entitled The Innocent Mage. This was the first novel in the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series and was followed shortly after by Innocence Lost. The Innocent Mage was widely acclaimed on its release in Australia and was a finalist in the 2005 Aurealis Awards fantasy division.^[2] Since then she has written several other novels, including two for Fandemonium's Stargate SG-1 series. In 2007, she was shortlisted for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for her novels Empress of Mijak and The Riven Kingdom.^[3]

Miller also writes under the pseudonym K. E. Mills,^[4] releasing the first novel in the Rogue Agent series, The Accidental Sorcerer, under this pen name.

Bibliography

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker Universe

• Kingmaker, Kingbreaker (title of omnibus edition)
  • The Innocent Mage (2005)
  • Innocence Lost (The Awakened Mage in US/Canada/UK) (2005)
• Fisherman's Children
  • The Prodigal Mage (2009)
  • The Reluctant Mage (2010)
• Prequel
  • A Blight of Mages (2012)

Godspeaker

• Empress of Mijak (Empress in US/Canada/UK) (2007)
• The Riven Kingdom (2007)
• Hammer of God (2008)

Rogue Agent

• The Accidental Sorcerer (2008) writing as K. E. Mills.
• Witches Incorporated (2009) writing as K. E. Mills.
• Wizard Squared (June 2010) writing as K. E. Mills.
• Wizard Undercover (May 2012) writing as K. E. Mills.

The Tarnished Crown

• The Falcon Throne (2014)
• The Prince of Glass (not yet published)

Star Wars

• The Clone Wars: Wild Space (2008)
• Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth (2010)
• Clone Wars Gambit: Siege (2010)
• "Roll of the Dice" (2012), in Star Wars Insider

Stargate SG-1

• Alliances (2006)
• Medical Considerations (2006) in the Stargate Magazine
• Do No Harm (2008)

Awards and nominations

Aurealis Awards

Fantasy division

• Finalist: The Innocent Mage (2005)
• Honoured: Empress of Mijak (2007)
• Finalist: The Riven Kingdom (2008)
• Finalist: Witches Incorporated (2009)^[5]

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

• Honoured: Empress of Mijak (2007)
• Honoured: The Riven Kingdom (2007)

External links

• • Profile at HarperCollinsPublishers Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the author . Karen Miller . 2008-06-05.
2. Web site: 2005 Aurealis Awards . . 2008-06-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100420221639/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2006.html . 2010-04-20 .
3. Web site: James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council).
4. Web site: Frequently asked questions . Karen Miller . 2008-06-05.
5. Web site: 2009 Aurealis Awards Finalists . Aurealis Awards . 2008-12-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927173844/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/AA09-finalists.pdf . 2011-09-27 .