Beth Bernobich
Beth Bernobich is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She also goes by the pen name Claire O'Dell. She was born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania in 1959. Her first novel, Passion Play was published by Tor Books in October 2010, and won the Romantic Times 2010 Reviewer Choice Award for Best Epic Fantasy. Her Sherlock Holmes-based novel, A Study in Honor was published by Harper Voyager in July 2018 and won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery.
Selected works
River of Souls Series
- "River of Souls", Tor.com, September 2010Passion Play, October 2010, from Tor Books, winner for Best Epic Fantasy, long-listed for the 2010 Tiptree AwardQueen's Hunt, Tor Books, July 2012, Locus 2012 Recommended Reading ListAllegiance, Tor Books, October 2013Thief of War, Tor.com, September 2013Nocturnall, December 2015
Lóng City and The Seventy Kingdoms
- "Pig, Crane, Fox: Three Hearts Unfolding", Magic in the Mirrorstone, from Mirrorstone Books, in 2008, re-released in e-book format, September 2011Fox and Phoenix, from Viking in October 2011, and in audiobook from Random House in October 2011; nominated for the YASLA Best Fiction for Young AdultsThe Ghost Dragon's Daughter, October 2015
Éireann Series
- "A Flight of Numbers Fantastique Strange" Asimov's Magazine, June 2006
- "The Golden Octopus", Postscripts, Summer 2008; reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009, Rich Horton, January 2010; reprinted in XB-1, Czech translation, June 2011Ars Memoriae, PS Publishing, December 2009The Time Roads, Tor Books, October 2014; finalist for Best Fantasy Novel
As Claire O'Dell
The Janet Watson Chronicles
- A Study in Honor, July 2018, Harper Voyager; Winner, Best Lesbian Mystery
- The Hound of Justice, July 2019, Harper Voyager; Finalist, Best Lesbian Mystery
The Mage and Empire Series
- A Jewel Bright Sea, September 2019, Rebel Base Books
- The Empire's Edge, TBD