Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss (* in Portsmouth , England ) is an English novelist .

Life

Traviss first worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent before turning to story writing. In 2000 she was a participant in the renowned Clarion workshop for budding science fiction and fantasy authors. She first published numerous short stories and articles about the Star Wars universe, which were also printed in various English-language magazines. In 2004 LucasArts became famous for her first novel City of Pearl , which u. a. was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award , noticed her and asked her if she would like to write a novel about the new video game Star Wars: Republic Commando . However, only after her second novel Crossing the Line did she finally publish her first Star Wars novel Star Wars: Republic Commando - Feindkontakt . The novel landed on the New York Times bestseller list and was her first to be translated into several languages ​​(including German), which ultimately helped her international breakthrough as a fantasy author. She has been nominated two more times for the Philip K. Dick Award (for the novels Ally and Judge ) to date .

Today Traviss lives in Devizes , England , where she also writes her novels.

bibliography

Batman universe

• Batman: Arkham City (Comic, Volume 5 with Derek Fridolfs , 2015)

Gears of War Universe

Novels

• Gears of War: Aspho Fields (Volume 1, 2009)
• Gears of War: Jacinto's Heirs (Volume 2, 2011)
• Gears of War: Anvil Gate (Volume 3, 2011)
• Gears of War: The End of the Coalition (Volume 4, 2012)
• Gears of War: The Slab (Volume 5, 2012)

comics

• Gears of War: The Hammer of Dawn (Volume 3 with Joshua Ortega , 2012)
• Gears of War: Dirty Little Secrets (Volume 4 together with Pop Mahn , 2012)

Halo Universe

• Halo Evolutions - Short Stories from the Halo Universe (with Tobias S. Buckell , Eric Nylund , Frank O'Connor , John Goff , Kevin Grace , Tessa Kum , BK Evenson , Jeff VanderMeer and Fred Van Lente , 2010)
• Halo: Glasslands - Glazed Worlds (Volume 1 of the Kilo Five trilogy , 2012)
• Halo: War Games (Volume 2 of the Kilo Five Trilogy , 2013)
• Halo: Mortal Dictata (Volume 3 of the Kilo Five trilogy , 2014)

Star Wars Universe

Republic Commandos

• Star Wars: Republic Commando - Feindkontakt (Volume 1 of the Republic Commando series , 2004)
• Star Wars: Republic Commando - Triple Zero (Volume 2 of the Republic Commando series , 2006)
• Star Wars: Republic Commando - True Colors (Volume 3 of the Republic Commando series , 2008)
• Star Wars: Republic Commando - Order 66 (Volume 4 of the Republic Commando series , 2008)
• Star Wars: Imperial Commando - The 501st (2009)

Based on the computer game of the same name, the series deals with the clone special forces, their missions and their actions with the outside world. The culture of the Mandalorians plays a major role as a culture of mercenaries that was passed on to the clone soldiers bred for war use through their instructors. As the series progresses, the clones increasingly realize that they are de facto fighting as slaves for the Republic and the Jedi Order and are looking for a way to stop their accelerated aging and lead a normal life. Unlike in the films and other books, a gray-shaded picture of the Clone Wars is drawn.

The series ended after the official Star Wars canon for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series was changed to require Mandalorians to be traditional pacifists rather than professional soldiers. This led to numerous conflicts of continuity with the picture drawn by Traviss and, in collaboration with financial disputes, led to the series being prematurely canceled.

Guardian of Power

• Star Wars: Guardians of the Force - Bloodlines (Volume 2 of the series Guardians of the Force , 2006)
• Star Wars: Guardians of Power - Sacrifice (Volume 5 of the series Guardians of Power , 2007)
• Star Wars: Guardians of the Force - Revelations (Volume 8 of the Guardians of the Force , 2008)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Volume 1 of the series The Clone Wars , 2009)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars - No Prisoners (Volume 3 of The Clone Wars series , 2010)

E-Novella

• Boba Fett - A Pragmatist (2006)

Not translated yet

• City of Pearl (Volume 1 of the Wess'har series , 2004)
• Crossing the Line (Volume 2 of the Wess'har series , 2004)
• The World Before (Volume 3 of the Wess'har series , 2005)
• Matriarch (Volume 4 of the Wess'har series , 2006)
• Ally (Volume 5 of the Wess'har series , 2007)
• Judge (Volume 6 of the Wess'har series , 2007)

Short stories

• Strings. In: Realms of Fantasy , July 2002
• A slice at a time. In: Asimov's Science Fiction , July 2002
• Suitable for the Orient. In: Asimov's Science Fiction , February 2003
• Return stores. In: Realms of Fantasy , February 2003
• The Man Who Did Nothing. In: Realms of Fantasy , June 2003
• Does He Take Blood? In: Realms of Fantasy , August 2003

Essays

• I gotta get me one of those. In: Navigating the Golden Compass: Religion, Science & Daemonology in Philip Pullman ’s His Dark Materials (Smart Pop Series, BenBella Books , August 2005)
• Driving GFFA 1: or How Star Wars Loosened My Corsets. In: Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time (ed. David Brin , 2006).

items

• Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic. In: Star Wars Insider 84 (with Ryan Kaufman )
• The Mandalorians: People and Culture. In: Star Wars Insider 86
• Sprinting the marathon. In: Emerald City .

Web links

• Literature by and about Karen Traviss in the catalog of the German National Library
• Karen Traviss in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Karen Traviss at Open Library
• Karen Traviss in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Official website (English)
• Article "Karen Traviss" in Jedipedia.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fantasy-Book-Review.com: Karen Traviss Biography