Cristabel
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of US nurse, professor of nursing, and author Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen (1916-1995), who wrote at least one Gothic as Kathleen Westcott, Bride of Kilkerran (1972). As Cristabel, she began publishing sf with the florid Veltakin sequence of Planetary Romances: Manalacor of Veltakin (1970) and The Cruachan and the Killane (1970). Her singletons were The Mortal Immortals (1971) and The Golden Olive (1972). All are written in a style that crosses the romance genre with boys' fiction. [PN/JC]
Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen
born Oak Hill, West Virginia: 6 September 1916
died Charleston, West Virginia: 7 February 1995
works
series
Veltakin
- Manalacor of Veltakin (New York: Curtis Books, 1970) [Veltakin: pb/]
- The Cruachan and the Killane (New York: Curtis Books, 1970) [Veltakin: pb/]
individual titles
- The Mortal Immortals (New York: Walker, 1971) [hb/Andrew Antal]
- The Golden Olive (New York: Curtis Books, 1972) [pb/Gene Szafran]
- Bride of Kilkerran (New York: Pocket Books, 1972) as Kathleen Westcott [pb/]
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