Pauli Kidd


Pauli Kidd, also known as Patpahootie, is an Australian writer of fantasy fiction.

Career

Before pursuing a career in writing Kidd had worked at Beam Software, an Australia-based game developer. She is credited as, among other things, the writer, director and lead designer of Nightshade, an action-adventure title for the NES. She is also credited as the lead designer for Shadowrun.
Kidd's first book, entitled Mus of Kerbridge, was released in 1995 and received a short-list nomination for the 1995 Aurealis Awards best fantasy novel. She has since released six more stand alone novels, written a two book series and has contributed to two of the Dungeons & Dragons novel series, Forgotten Realms: Nobles and Greyhawk. Her novel releases include White Plume Mountain, Descent into the Depths of the Earth, A Whisper of Wings, The Rats of Acomar, The Fangs of K'aath, Lilith, Petal Storm, Neue Europa, and the Petal Storm graphic novel series. Kidd also has written a non-fiction strategy guide based on the video game Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?, and has written two short stories which were published in Dragon Magazine.
Kidd lives in Perth, Australia.

Novels

  • Mus of Kerbridge
  • The Council of Blades
  • A Whisper of Wings
  • White Plume Mountain
  • Descent into the Depths of the Earth
  • Lace & Steel
  • The Rats of Acomar
  • Queen of the Demonweb Pits
  • Fey
  • Dreamscape
  • Lilith
  • Petal Storm
  • Neue Europa
  • Tiamat
  • Halls of Orpheus
  • Mission
  • Red Sails in the Fallout: A D&D Gamma World Novel
  • Those Who Are Left
  • Infinite Seas
  • ''Earth-Kin''

    ''Effectuators''

  • Effectuators Book 1: Horrors of the Night
  • Effectuators Book 2: Green and Pleasant Land
  • Effectuators Book 3: To Foreign Shores
  • ''Effectuators Book 4: Sweet Albion!''

    ''Fangs of K'aath''

  • Fangs of K'aath
  • ''Guardians of Light''

    ''Travellers''

  • Travellers Book 1: The Epsilon Queen
  • Travellers Book 2: The Ryakan Legacy
  • ''Travellers Book 3: The Kimtoa Bequest''

    ''Spirit Hunters''

  • Spirit Hunters Book 1: The Way of the Fox
  • Spirit Hunters Book 2: The Open Road
  • Spirit Hunters Book 3: Tails High
  • ''Spirit Hunters Book 4: Shadow of the Oni''

    ''GeneStorm''

  • City in the Sky
  • ''Fort Dandelion''

    ''Infinite Seas''

  • Infinite Seas - Part One
  • ''Infinite Seas - Part Two''

    Short fiction

  • "By The Job" in Dragon Magazine, May 2000 - Issue #271
  • "Keoland Blues" in Dragon Magazine, December 2000 - Issue #278

    Non-fiction

  • ''Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? - The Official Strategy Guide''