Gael Baudino (born 1955) is a contemporary American fantasy author who also writes under the pseudonyms of Gael Kathryns, Gael A. Kathryns, and G.A. Kathryns. She attended college at the University of Southern California . Sometime before 1994 she converted from Dianic Wicca and became a Quaker.As Gael Kathryns she contributed several instructional articles about harping to the Folk Harp Journal during the 1990s.
Spires of Spirit (1997) ISBN 0451455681 - A collection of six short stories set in the "Strands" universe. One of its stories, "The Shadow of the Starlight", was previously published in slightly different form in the April 1985 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
The Water! series
O Greenest Branch! (1995) ISBN 0451454499
The Dove Looked In (1996) ISBN 0451454979
Branch and Crown (1996) ISBN 0451455533
Standalone
Gossamer Axe (1990) ISBN 0451450256
The Borders of Life (1999) as G.A. Kathryns. ISBN 0451455746 This book is previewed in the back of Spires of Spirit with the working title of The Bournes of Life. The preview identifies Gael Baudino as the author rather than G.A. Kathryns.
Short stories
"Lady of the Forest End" - Amazons II edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1982) ISBN 0879977361
"The Shadow of the Starlight" - published in:
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (April 1985)
An edited/updated version published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit.
"The Persistence of Memory" - published in:
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (November 1985)
The Year's Best Fantasy 12 edited by Arthur W. Saha (1986) ISBN 0886771633
The Bank Street Book of Fantasy edited by Howard Zimmerman (1989) ISBN 0671631462. This is a book of short stories converted into graphic novels for early teen readers.
"Tidings of Comfort and Joy" edited by Dennis L. McKiernan - The Magic of Christmas (1992) ISBN 0451451902
"Before" - Lammas Night edited by Mercedes Lackey (1996) ISBN 0671877135
"Bitterfoot" - Sisters in Fantasy 2 edited by Susan Schwartz (1996) ISBN 0451455037
"Charity" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit.
"Lady of Light" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit.
"A Touch of Distant Hands" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit.
"Elvenhome" - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit.
"Please Come to Denver " - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit.
Nonfiction works
The Wire Strung Primer (as Gael Kathryns) - Raging Celt Productions, Englewood, Colorado, 1991
Interzone Science Fiction magazine #90 (1994), page 19-22. Interview by David V. Barrett: "Music and Magic"