The Importance of Short Fiction
Kristine Kathryn Rusch has written over 100 novels under a variety of names. As Kris Nelscott, she’s the Edgar- and Shamus-nominated writer of the Smokey Dalton mystery series, which has been published all over the world. As Kristine Grayson, she’s the award-winning, bestselling writer of goofy romance novels filled with fractured fairy tales. As Kris DeLake, she writes paranormal romance with a science fiction twist. She also writes under several other names, sometimes in collaboration with her husband Dean Wesley Smith.
Under her own name, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, she has won two Hugos and dozens of Readers’ Choice Awards. Her Rusch novels have been on bestseller lists all over the world, including the London Times, the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and the USA Today list. She has a thriving short story career. Her stories have appeared in about 20 year’s best collections, including the prestigious Best American Mystery Stories.
Kristine has served as a Writers of the Future Contest judge since 2010.