'Some books are a revelation'

 

Some books are a revelation. They come along at just the right time for just the right reasons. They become heart books and soul books. – Judith Tarr

A writer of historical and epic fantasies, Tarr was born in Maine on this date in 1955.  She has won awards and legions of followers under three names – her own, and as Caitlin Brennan and Kathleen Bryan.

She was a World Fantasy Award and Locus Award nominee for her Alexander the Great novel, Lord of the Two Lands, and won the Crawford Award for The Isle of Glass in her Hound and the Falcon trilogy. As Brennan she wrote The Mountain’s Call and sequels, and as Bryan The Serpent and the Rose and its sequels.   

Tarr raises Lippizan horses at her Dancing Horse Farm in Arizona.  The romantic fantasies that she writes as Brennan have featured "dancing horses" modeled on those that she raises.

 

            

 

 "I like going back in time and writing historical fantasty," she said.  "I use some real historical

characters as a background to give depth to the fantasy. And I throw my fictional characters into

the midst of this, and, so far, it has turned out interesting.”