Information from 2004, 2005, & 2006 has now been added to these pages, and, now that I'm linked to my service-provider once more, look for at least superficial updates being made to the these pages, or at least egregiously outdated information being removed from prominent positions.

"Fans of high fantasy, such as The Lord of the Rings, will find it difficult to put this book down. It contains all of the elements of a grand heroic quest."
                                          --Voya

"Fans of both pastoral and hard-edged fantasy should be well satisfied."
                                          --Publishers Weekly

May: The Wanderer, by Cherry Wilder & Katya Reimann was published by Tor Books.

November: A terrific visit to Chicago for Windycon XXX, one of my favorite conventions these days because of the delirious proliferation of hall costumes, showcasing SF Conventioneers' (what a word!) fascinating creativity.

February: The estate of Cherry Wilder has contracted me to work on and complete (for publication by Tor, edited by David Hartwell) Cherry's last novel, The Wanderer.

For those of you who don't know Cherry Wilder's writing, she completed The Rulers of Hylor in the late 1980s. This fabulous fantasy trilogy includes the titles A Princess of the Chameln, Yorath the Wolf, and The Summer's King.  These books completely seduced me when I first read them; rereading them now, as I prepare the final chapters of The Wanderer, I am struck afresh by just how good they are--better even than my memory served me.

I never met Cherry during her lifetime, but--from my side at least--I have always felt a deep--if mysterious and ephemeral--connection to her work.   A few months after I had started my first novel, I was in the Bodleian Library in Oxford (a wonderful 'copyright'library, which keeps copies of just about everything that was ever printed in the English Language).  For some reason, momentarily bored with ordering up 17th and 18th century titles, I got curious about what Cherry had written since Hylor, and I ended up most recent novel, Cruel Designs, and spending an afternoon or two taking a break from working on my Ph.D to read it.

It's a strange, chilly novel, but that wasn't what most caught my attention: what a surprise to find myself the main character, even down to the correct spelling.

As I trotted through the halls frequented by C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, I didn't know then the turn my life was about to take from academia to high fantasy.  But it was a sort of funny thing that Cherry was 'there with me' as I turned the corner.

Wish I'd had a chance to meet her, outside of the pages of her lovely books.

For my non-Twin Cities fans--Tyler Stewart has set a date for my signing at Pandemonium Books of Cambridge, MA. I'll be there (36 JFK. Street, Cambridge, MA) from 3:00-5:00 on Saturday, October 5th.

August: Am back from Worldcon and now have a better understanding of the inner workings of ASFA, the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, who very kindly invited me this year to present at the awards ceremony of the Chesleys. The ASFA folk are an incredibly nice sub-enclave of the greater Science Fiction and Fantasy community, and all I can say is that as the daughter of a sculptor and an artist, it was terrific, escaping the world of writers for a few hours and visiting a world where people are working in visual mediums.

July: This month I'm one of the featured writers on SFRevu.com--SFRevu is a monthly webzine focused on Science Fiction and Fantasy. Check out the nice review by Victoria McManus and the in depth interview with Ernest Lilley in the July issue.

June: My portal at www.katyareimann.com has been redesigned, and Prince of Fire & Ashes is in bookstores. Thanks to everyone who showed up for a terrific book launch--and thanks to Dreamhaven Books for hosting.  Pictures and some commentary are up at the new Signing page.

Sometimes you read a review and it's just too nice not to write home about:

Publishers Weekly, June 17, Prince of Fire and Ashes, Katya Reimann, Tor $27.95
       The long-awaited third and final volume of Reimann's Tielmaran Chronicles (Wind from a Foreign Sky; Tremor in the Bitter Earth) neatly wraps up previous plots, though it can stand on its own, with its well-rounded characters, full explanations and absorbing story line...   Deftly interweaving the various subplots in a rich yet accessible prose style, Reimann transports the reader to a world of magic and action in this rewarding and intricate read.

(Wind From a Foreign Sky and A Tremor in the Bitter Earth now have dedicated pages too).

April: "If love makes us strong, how can it make our judgment so weak?" Honeysuckle Flowers has been published in the April 2002 issue of Realms of Fantasy, a bimonthly magazine of tales and art of fantastic adventure. Copies are available via your local well-stocked magazine store or via: Realms of Fantasy P.O. Box 1623 Williamsport, PA 17703

February: Prince of Fire & Ashes has now been copyedited and is in the hands of Tor's production staff.

Preview Chapters are now available, for those who would like an early taste.

January: major revision to my Biography page (long overdue for an overhaul) and reorganization of Signings, Conventions &c. My preliminary 2002 Calendar has now been put up.

October also marks the publication date of the University of Nebraska's Bison Frontiers of Imagination Series edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Poison Belt, for which Katya has written an new introduction. This is the sequel to Conan Doyle's first Professor Challenger Novel, The Lost World. It's a slim but worthy read, and Katya had a lot of fun doing the research.

July: The Signings, Conventions &c page has been updated to include a high resolution image of Katya, suitable for reproduction in convention booklets &c. The thumbnail is on the Signings, Conventions &c page, the massive 767k image is on its own page here (don't click this link unless you have massive patience or a fast modem!).

June: It is with great pride that I announce the publication of the first foreign language edition of The Chronicles of Tielmark. A new page (Deutsche Ausgabe) has been added, including the beautiful new cover art.

Deutsche Leser--meine Entschuldigungen für meine schwachen deutschen Sprachfähigkeiten!

May: The Signings, Conventions &c page has been updated. Katya is going to Worldcon this year (Worldcon is traditionally held on Labor Day Weekend. This year Worldcon, The Millennium Philcon® will be taking place in Philadelphia, PA.)

April: Katya has finished her third novel. Prince of Fire & Ashes is now in her editor's hands. When she knows the publication date Tor Books has set for it, she will put up that information here, and elsewhere on these pages.

January: Signings, Conventions &c has been updated with Katya's upcoming convention appearances.

May: After almost five years of hosting on the Polya server at JHU, a problem with a hacker and limited access to the site for upgrading has necessitated a shift: www.katyareimann.com is now the registered domain for this site.

May: New pictures of Katya and some new events posted on the Calendar page.

Upgraded scans of my bookcovers on the Fantasy Titles at Tor Books page.

March: To those familiar with the page--complete revamping!

August: Updated the information on the "Signings, Links, Conventions" page. New reviews for A Tremor in the Bitter Earth up on the "Forthcoming" page.

May: the "Links" page is now called the "Signings, Links Conventions" page. It lists Katya's public appearances.

April: Updated the essay for Worldbuilding. Added a link to my Amazon.com self-interview under "Forthcoming and In Print from Tor".

October: Under "Forthcoming and In Print from Tor" both of my book covers--see particularly the wonderful cover art by Romas Kukalis.

Summer: new reviews for Wind, Sketchbook of India Watercolors under "Visual." Sample chapters are now available from Wind From a Foreign Sky.

Thanks are owed to Angela Sh'k'anna Korra'ti, from whom I lifted the idea (probably obvious to all others, but revolutionary and clever to me) of implementing this "record of updates" page.