Natasha Rhodes
Natasha Rhodes (now Natasha Rohner) (born 8 April 1978) is an English-born author, best known for her contemporary fantasy book series starring supernatural crime-fighter Kayla Steele. She has also written many film novelizations of popular blockbuster movies such as Blade: Trinity and the Final Destination series of movies, as well as original books based on films such as the A Nightmare on Elm Street series.
Natasha Rhodes | |
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Rhodes at Comicon, California | |
| Born | 8 April 1978 Kent, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | May 2004–present |
| Genre | Dark Urban Fantasy, Paranormal romance, Action, Adventure, Horror |
| Notable works | Blade: Trinity, Nightmare On Elm Street: Perchance To Dream, Dante's Girl |
| Website | |
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Personal life edit
Rhodes was born in Kent, England in 1978. Her education includes a BA Honors degree from the University of Wales, Newport. She was most notably involved in the post-production of cult Indie hit Cop on the Edge IX: A Prelude to Justice, a full-length underground movie spoof produced by Coten Films[1] and directed by Edward Keaton,[2] who at the time was studying under the tutorage of British Filmmaker Allan Niblo at Newport Film School; Niblo later went on to produce cult movies such as Human Traffic.[3] Released locally, the movie won the coveted student award for getting the crew the most suspensions from using the University film equipment.
Rhodes currently lives in Orange County, California,[4] with her husband Criss 6, former bassist of glam metal band Pretty Boy Floyd and Mötley Crüe tribute band True 2 Crue.
Works edit
After graduating from the University of Wales, Newport with a BA Honors Degree in Film Production, Rhodes was hired to write official movie novelizations for Black Flame,[5] an imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of UK gaming giant Games Workshop.
Between 2004–2010, Rhodes penned eight[6] original novels and movie-based novelizations for BL Publishing[7] to support her post-university travels around America. Inspired by the colorful local characters she met in Hollywood, she wrote her first original novel Dante's Girl at the age of 28, the first part of a three-book series following the life of supernatural crime-fighter Kayla Steele.[8] Her supernatural trilogy was set on the streets of Los Angeles and was published by Solaris Books,[9] an imprint which focuses on science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies to showcase both established and new authors.[10] The series was distributed to the U.K. and U.S. booktrade via local divisions of Simon & Schuster.[11]
Her most recent work was a short horror story, "Crazy Train", set in the world of the Los Angeles heavy metal scene. It was published as part of an anthology of new horror writers[12] in The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror by Rebellion Books.[13]
Rhodes currently works at BlackBerry Limited as Senior Managing Editor[14] of two digital publications: ThreatVector, an award-winning cybersecurity blog,[15][16] and PHI Magazine,[17] BlackBerry's bi-annual print publication focusing on the past, present and future of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the information security industry.
Bibliography edit
Kayla Steele series edit
- Dante's Girl (March 2007, ISBN 1-84416-666-X)
- The Last Angel (July 2008, ISBN 1-84416-577-9)
- Circus of Sins (May 2010, ISBN 978-1-906735-73-9)
Official movie novelizations edit
- Blade: Trinity (October 2004, ISBN 1-84416-106-4)
- Final Destination: Dead Reckoning (2005, ISBN 1-84416-170-6)
- Final Destination I: The Movie (2006, ISBN 1-84416-317-2)
- Final Destination II: The Movie (2006, co-written with Nancy A. Collins, ISBN 1-84416-318-0)
- A Nightmare On Elm Street: Perchance to Dream (February 2006, ISBN 1-84416-322-9)
Short stories edit
- The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror (October 2010, ISBN 978-1-907519-33-8) (Contributor of Short Story: "Crazy Train")
Interviews edit
- SciFi Blog interview with Natasha about the portrayal of women in fantasy books
- Interview with Natasha Rhodes on ScifiChick.com
- Interview on Author David H. Burton's popular blog 'Random Musings'
- Natasha Rhodes interviewed about 'Circus Of Sins' on Mookychick.com
- Barnes and Nobel Review of 'Circus of Sins'
- Kayla Steele Series Review
References edit
- ^ Cop, Jake (9 August 2011). "Cop on the Edge IX: Prelude to Justice". Cotenfilms.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Eddie Keaton". IMDb.
- ^ Database, Internet Movie (1 Jan 1997). "Cop on the Edge IX: Prelude to Justice". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ^ "Natasha Rhodes: Career Biography, Bibliography, and a List of Books by Author Natasha Rhodes". Paperbackswap.com.
- ^ "Publisher: Black Flame". Openlibrary.org.
- ^ "Natasha Rhodes". Amazon.com.
- ^ "Natasha Rhodes". Goodreads.com.
- ^ "Dante's Girl (Kayla Steele, #1)". Goodreads.com.
- ^ "Publisher: Solaris | Open Library". Openlibrary.org. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Solaris Archives". Solarisbooks.com.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "The End of the Road: An Anthology of Original Fiction by Jonathan Oliver". Fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Review – "The End of the Line" edited by Jonathan Oliver". Hellforgehorrors.wordpress.com. 20 May 2011.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ . Securityboulevard.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-17.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Phi Magazine". Cylance.com.
External links edit
- Natasha Rhodes: Official Author Website
- Natasha Rhodes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Natasha Rhodes at Library of Congress Authorities