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]

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

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entered the book into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, where she competed against 10,000 self-published and unpublished novels.[4] The Publishers Weekly review of the book during the competition called the book's heroine, Kate Pierce-Keller, the "Katniss Everdeen of time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.