Tanya Huff
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Tanya Sue Huff (born 1957) is a Canadian fantasy author.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Huff was raised in Kingston, Ontario. Her first sale as a writer was to The Picton Gazette when she was ten. They paid $10 for two of her poems. Huff joined the Canadian Naval Reserve in 1975 as a cook, ending her service in 1979.. She later received a BAA degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, Ontario.
In the early 1980s she worked at Mr. Gameway's Ark, a game store in downtown Toronto. From 1984 to 1992 she worked at Bakka, North America's oldest surviving science fiction book store, in Toronto. During this time she wrote seven novels and nine short stories, many of which were subsequently published. She was a member of the Bunch of Seven writing group. In 1992, after living for 13 years in downtown Toronto, she moved with her four large cats to rural Ontario, where she currently resides with her partner Fiona Patton. Her current pet population consists of six cats and what she describes as an "unintentional chihuahua".
Huff is one of the most prominent Canadian authors in the category of contemporary fantasy, a subgenre pioneered by Charles de Lint. Many of the scenes in her stories are near places where she has lived or frequented in Toronto, Kingston, and elsewhere. This author frequently uses as character names the names of people in her circle of acquaintances.
The television series Blood Ties, based on Huff's Victory Nelson novels, is going into production in the summer of 2006 by CHUM Television and Kaleidoscope Entertainment.[1][2] Toronto actress Christina Cox has the lead role. Filming starts September 5 in Vancouver, Canada.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Keeper's Chronicles
Claire is a Keeper, charged with keeping the fabric of the metaphysical universe together, who inadvertantly finds herself in charge of a Bed & Breakfast with a hole to Hell in the basement. There is often comic relief from her sidekick Austin, a large elderly talking cat and witches familiar.
[edit] Quarters series
Describes a world where musicians (or bards) create magic and an invasion from a neighboring country threatens the land. The second and third books focus on a brother-sister pair of assassins. The fourth book is a separate adventure entirely, primarily taking place in a new land.
[edit] Novels of Crystal
- Child of the Grove (1988)
- The Last Wizard (1989)
Wizard of the Grove (1999) (Omnibus edition of Child of the Grove and The Last Wizard)
[edit] Victory Nelson
- Blood Price (1991)
- Blood Trail (1992)
The Blood Books, Volume I (Omnibus edition of Blood Price and Blood Trail) paperback 2006 ISBN 0-7564-0387-1. - Blood Lines (1992)
- Blood Pact (1993)
The Blood Books, Volume II (Omnibus edition of Blood Lines and Blood Pact) paperback 2006 ISBN 0-7564-0388-X. - Blood Debt (1997)
- Blood Bank
The Blood Books, Volume III (Omnibus edition of Blood Debt and Blood Bank) paperback 2006-09-05 ISBN 0-7564-0392-8.
[edit] Smoke and Shadows
A follow-up to the Victory Nelson books, featuring Tony as the main character with his work in the wonderful world syndicated television, ironically on a show about a vampire detective.
- Smoke and Shadows, hardcover 2004. ISBN 0-7564-0183-6, paperback ISBN 0-7564-0263-8.
- Smoke and Mirrors, hardcover 2005. ISBN 0-7564-0262-X, paperback ISBN 0-7564-0348-0.
- Smoke and Ashes, hardcover June 2006. ISBN 0-7564-0347-2.
[edit] Valor
[edit] Other novels
- Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light (1989)
- The Fire's Stone (1990)
- Scholar of Decay (1995) a Ravenloft novel
[edit] Short story collections
[edit] References
- ^ CHUM Limited (2006-03-16). CHUM Television Orders Three New Canadian Dramatic Series. Press release.
- ^ Jim Bawden. "Three new series for CHUM", Toronto Star, 2006-03-17. Retrieved on 2006-03-17.
