Author Archives: K.V. Johansen

About K.V. Johansen

The author of Blackdog, The Leopard, The Lady, Gods of Nabban, and The Last Road epic fantasies from Pyr, I also write for teens and children, including the "Torrie", "Warlocks of Talverdin", and "Cassandra Virus" series, and the "Pippin and Mabel" picture books, as well as a couple of short story collections and two works of adult literary criticism on the history of children's fantasy literature. I have a Master's degree in Mediaeval Studies, and read a lot of fantasy, science fiction, and history. Blog at thewildforest.wordpress.com

Updating …

Posted on August 12, 2019 by K.V. Johansen

So, I see it’s been months since my last post and it’s time to admit that I am very bad at keeping a blog up to date. Time, energy, other demands … It’s just not going to happen. What should … Continue reading →

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The Last Road … and some fellow forthcoming books from Pyr

Posted on March 1, 2019 by K.V. Johansen

As you might have heard, late last year the publisher of Gods of the Caravan Road, Pyr, was sold by its parent publisher, Prometheus, to another company called Start. This also meant that the distribution switched from Penguin Random House … Continue reading →

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Short Stories Online

Posted on August 8, 2018 by K.V. Johansen

This month I began experimenting with a new way of republishing short fiction. I have the first story from The Serpent Bride, originally published by Thistledown back in 1998, up at Curious Fictions; you can support me by visiting my … Continue reading →

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Tallying the Books 3: The Pippin trilogy

Posted on June 21, 2018 by K.V. Johansen

I’m a fantasy writer — of course if I write picture books, they’re going to form a trilogy! Not really. But that’s how it turned out. I wrote the three ‘Pippin and Mabel’ books inspired by my dog Pippin, who … Continue reading →

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Tallying the Books 2: The Serpent Bride

Posted on September 2, 2017 by K.V. Johansen

The Serpent Bride, my second published book, was a collection of ten short stories that were literary fairy tales, retellings of ballads from Medieval Denmark, was published in 1998 from Thistledown Press. (For non-Canadians, that’s a venerable small literary press … Continue reading →

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