
Her science fiction novels set in the bestselling Diving Universe have won dozens of awards and are in development for a major TV show.


Her Kris Nelscott pen name has won or been nominated for most of the awards in the mystery genre, and her Kristine Grayson pen name became a bestseller in romance. She has written under a pile of pen names, but most of her work appears as Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Rusch recently published the novella, The Reflection on Mount Vitaki, and has completed two new novels, with a third underway.Rusch writes in many genres, from science fiction to mystery, from western to romance. All seven of the books are back in print through WMG Publishing, and have garnered new readers worldwide. She explains her journey back to the Fey in Lessons from the Writing of The Fey. Spurred by a successful Kickstarter for a novella featuring the Fey, she dove back into the project. Rusch took an unintended twenty-plus year hiatus from the Fey after completing the second full mini-saga. When the first book, The Sacrifice, first appeared in the United States, it was hailed as one of the best fantasy novels of the year.

The extremely popular series became a bestseller in multiple languages, including French, Italian, German, Polish, and Czech. International bestseller Kristine Kathryn Rusch wrote seven books featuring the Fey before traditional publishing issues in the United States stymied her.
