Victoria Strauss

Victoria Strauss
Born1955 (age 68–69)
Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Alma materVassar College

Victoria Strauss (born 1955 in Exeter, New Hampshire)[1] is the author of nine fantasy novels for adults and young adults, including the Stone series (The Arm of the Stone and The Garden of the Stone) and the Way of Arata series (The Burning Land and The Awakened City). She has written hundreds of book reviews for magazines and ezines,[2] including SF Site and Fantasy magazine, and her articles on writing have appeared in Writer's Digest[3] and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards.[4]

An active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, she is a co-founder, with AC Crispin, of the Committee on Writing Scams, and serves as its vice-chair.[5] She maintains the Writer Beware website and blog, which provide information and warnings on writing related schemes, scams, and pitfalls. For this work, she received the SFWA Service Award in 2009.[6] She was also honored in 2012 with an Independent Book Blogger Award.[7]

Strauss studied Comparative Religion at Vassar College.[8]

  1. ^ "Victoria Strauss Biography on SF Site". Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  2. ^ Webmaster, Rodger Turner. "The SF Site: Featured Reviews Sorted by Reviewer". www.sfsite.com. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Short Fiction and Articles". Victoria Strauss, Author of Fiction for Adults and Young Adults. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "Victoria Strauss Biography on Official website". January 27, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  5. ^ "Interview of Victoria Strauss by Sally Franklin Christi". Women on Writing. 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  6. ^ "Victoria Strauss to receive SFWA Service Award". SFScope. January 15, 2009.
  7. ^ "Independent Book Blogger Awards Winners Revealed". Goodreads. May 16, 2012.
  8. ^ White, Claire E. "A Conversation With Victoria Strauss". Writers Write.