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Rysa Walker

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Rysa Walker
Walker in 2013.
Walker in 2013.
BornPensacola, Florida
OccupationAuthor
Period2012–present
Literary movementScience Fiction / Time Travel
Notable awardsAmazon Breakthrough Novel Award (2013)
Website
www.rysa.com

Rysa Walker is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and mysteries. Her first novel, Timebound, was the 2013 Grand Prize winner of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.[1]

Biography

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Walker was born and raised in Northwest Florida. She is a graduate of St. Andrews University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned a PhD in Political Science.[2] After teaching political science and history at various universities, she began writing fiction full time in 2014.[3]

Walker's first novel, Timebound (The CHRONOS Files Book One), was originally self-published as Time's Twisted Arrow in 2012. In January 2013, she entered the book into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, where she competed against 10,000 self-published and unpublished novels.[4] The Publishers Weekly review of the book during the competition called the book's heroine, Kate Pierce-Keller, the "Katniss Everdeen of time travel," adding that the "story reads like a mash-up of Jack Finney’s 'Time and Again' and Erik Larson’s 'The Devil in the White City.' In the end, this novel works as a contemporary, sexed-up tribute to one of those great old Heinlein juveniles from the 1950s."[5] On June 15, 2013, Timebound was announced as the winner of the grand prize, a $50,000 advance and a contract with Skyscape, an Amazon Publishing imprint.[6]

Timebound has been translated into fourteen languages. Five additional CHRONOS novels were published through the Skyscape and 47North imprints beginning in 2016. A separate science fiction series, The Delphi Trilogy, was published by Skyscape beginning in 2017.[7]

In addition to science fiction, Walker also writes mysteries as C. Rysa Walker.[8]

Reception

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Time's Edge, the second book in The CHRONOS Files, appeared at #10 on the bestselling e-books list of the Wall Street Journal on October 30, 2014.[9]

The Delphi Effect was a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Writers Awards,[10] a 2017 Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Science Fiction,[11] and a 2017 Junior Library Guild selection.[12]

The Publishers Weekly review of Now, Then, and Everywhen lauded the "twisty narrative that expertly blends the past and the future. Fans of intelligent time-travel stories will be rewarded."[13]

Bibliography

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The Chronos Files

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Novels

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  • Timebound (December 1, 2013) (formerly Time's Twisted Arrow)
  • Time's Edge (October 21, 2014)
  • Time's Divide (October 20, 2015)

Novellas

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  • Time's Echo (May 25, 2014) – Novella
  • Time's Mirror (June 30, 2015) – Novella
  • Simon Says (December 18, 2015) – Novella

Short Stories

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  • Whack Job (June 17, 2016)
  • 2092 (June 18, 2016)
  • The Gambit (June 18, 2016)

Graphic Novel

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  • Time Trial (November 9, 2016)

Chronos Origins

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Novels

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  • Now, Then, and Everywhen (April 1, 2020)
  • Red, White, and the Blues (January 19, 2021)
  • Bell, Book, and Key (November 16, 2021)

Short Stories

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  • The Circle That Whines (Feb 4, 2020)
  • Full Circle (Feb 5, 2020)

Anthology

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  • Time's Vault (June 15, 2021)

The Delphi Trilogy

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Novels

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  • The Delphi Effect (October 11, 2016)
  • The Delphi Resistance (October 24, 2017)
  • The Delphi Revolution (October 9, 2018)

Novella

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  • The Abandoned (June 21, 2018)

The Icarus Code

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  • The Cold Light of Stars (October 11, 2016)
  • First Watch of Night (May 11, 2023)
  • Dark Little Worlds (forthcoming)

Enter Haddonwood (with Caleb Amsel)

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Novels

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  • As the Crow Flies (October 15, 2019)
  • When the Cat's Away (August 14, 2020)
  • Where Wolves Fear to Prey (August 24, 2022)

Thistlewood Star Mysteries (as C. Rysa Walker)

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Novels

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  • A Murder in Helvetica Bold (September 25, 2019)
  • Palatino for the Painter (September 26, 2019)
  • A Seance in Franklin Gothic (September 28, 2019)
  • Courier to the Stars (November 29, 2019)
  • Comic Sans for the Ex (November 3, 2020)

Coastal Playhouse Murder Mysteries (with C. Rysa Walker)

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Novels

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  • Curtains for Romeo (November 4, 2019)
  • Arsenic and Ole (November 4, 2019)
  • Offed Off-Broadway (November 4, 2019)
  • Exes, Stage Right (October 14, 2021)

Serial

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  • Improbable: The Outlandish Adventures of Miriam Cole: Seasons 1-11 (September 11, 2023)

Personal life

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Walker currently resides with her family in Cary, North Carolina.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Rysa Walker Wins Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award".
  2. ^ "AUTHORNOMICS Interview with YA fiction author Rysa Walker | Andrea Hurst & Associates". andreahurst.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Miller, Jessica (June 26, 2013). "I Read to Relax!: ABNA Author Interview – Rysa Walker".
  4. ^ "Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Finalists Announced".
  5. ^ Walker, Rysa (January 1, 2014). Timebound. Alice Duke. Skyscape.
  6. ^ "Rysa Walker Named Grand Prize Winner of the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award". Press Center. June 17, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "Rysa Walker: books, biography, latest update". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  8. ^ "Rysa Walker: books, biography, latest update". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  9. ^ "WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS". WTOP News. October 30, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  10. ^ "Past Nominees and Winners". International Thriller Writers. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  11. ^ "Amazon.com: : Best Books of the Month: Science Fiction & Fantasy". Amazon. November 2, 2017. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  12. ^ "TeachingBooks | The Delphi Effect". school.teachingbooks.net. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  13. ^ "Now, Then, and Everywhen by Rysa Walker". www.publishersweekly.com. November 13, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  14. ^ Schaeffer, Cindy (October 23, 2016). "More than Just Campfire Stories". The News and Observer. p. 5D. Retrieved February 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.