Katherine Kurtz was born in Florida in October 1944, during a hurricane, which she has always taken as a good omen. In 1983, Katherine married her husband Scott MacMillan, and they both moved to Ireland in 1986 where they, along with four cats and a dog, live in County Wicklow, Ireland, in a castle named Holybrooke Hall, which comes complete with a Victorian Orangery and a number of ghosts.

Katherine says that her first novel, Deryni Rising, was based on a very vivid dream she had two days before her twentieth birthday. Since then, she has written fifteen Deryni books, all of which remain in print. There are a number more in the offing, with the sixteenth, King Kelsons Bride, being the most immanent.

Besides the Deryni books, Katherine has written a number of other books, including a series co-written with Deborah Turner Harris. She continues to write, and we are delighted she can take time out of her busy schedule to come to the convention.