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J. Kathleen Cheney

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J. Kathleen Cheney is a former mathematics teacher who has taught classes ranging from 7th grade to Calculus, with a brief stint as a gifted and talented specialist. She is the author of the Novels of the Golden City, including The Shores of Spain, The Seat of Magic, and The Golden City. Her short fiction has been published in such venues as Fantasy Magazine and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her novella “Iron Shoes” was a Nebula Finalist in 2010.

Books by J. Kathleen Cheney

Dreaming Death: A Palace of Dreams Novel

In the Novels of the Golden City, J. Kathleen Cheney created a “mesmerizing” (Publishers Weekly) realm where magic, history, and intrigue combine. Now, she presents a new world ruled by psychic talents and fatal magic...

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The Seat of Magic

Humans and non-humans alike are in danger as evil stalks the streets of the Golden City in this lush historical fantasy.

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