Kathryn Ptacek
Kathryn Grant, née Ptacek is an American writer and editor. Since 1981, she has published science fiction, fantasy, horror, suspense, and romance short stories and novels under her maiden and married names, and under the pseudonyms: Les Simons, Kathryn Atwood, Anne Mayfield, and Kathleen Maxwell. She is the editor and publisher of the writers-market magazine, The Gila Queen's Guide to Markets.Biography
Kathryn Anne Ptacek was born on September 12, 1952 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, but she was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She received her B. A. in Journalism, with a minor in history, with honors from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in 1974. She was married to Charles L. Grant from February 1982 until his death in 2006.
She has also edited several anthologies of short stories. Her short story "Each Night, Each Year" was nominated for the 1989 Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Fiction.As Les Simons
Single novels
Single novels
Single novels
- The Wayward Widow
As Kathleen Maxwell
Single novels
- The Devil's Heart
- Winter Masquerade
As Kathryn Ptacek
Single novels
- Shadoweyes
- Blood Autumn
- Kachina
- In Silence Sealed
- Ghost Dance
- The Hunted
Omnibus collections
- Looking Backward in Darkness
As Kathryn Grant
- The Phoenix Bells
- The Black Jade Road
- The Willow Garden
Anthologies edited
