Catherine Asaro (born 1955) is an American science fiction author. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty set in the Skolian Empire .

She was born in Oakland, California. She has a B.S. in chemistry from UCLA and an M.A. in physics and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from Harvard University. While at Harvard, she also founded a student ballet organization; she still teaches ballet in Maryland. In 1990, she established the science-fiction magazine Molecudyne Research.

She is married to John Kendall Cannizzo , an astrophysicist at NASA. They have one daughter, a ballet dancer and mathematician.

Published Works

Saga of the Skolian Empire

1. Primary Inversion (1995)
2. Catch the Lightning (1996)
3. The Last Hawk (1997)
4. The Radiant Seas (1998)
5. Ascendant Sun (2000)
6. The Quantum Rose (2000, winner of the 2001 Nebula Award)
7. Spherical Harmonic (2001)
8. The Moon's Shadow (2003)
9. Skyfall (2003)
10. Schism (2004)

Other works

• The Veiled Web (1999)
• The Phoenix Code (2000)
• Charmed Destinies (2003)
• Irresistible Forces (2004)
• Charmed Sphere (2004)
• Sunrise Alley (2004)

External links

• Catherine Asaro's official site
• Bibliography on SciFan