C. Dale Brittain


C. Dale Brittain is an American author and professor of medieval history. As well as writing historical works, she is the author of fantasy novels.

Biography

Brittain's best-known novel is A Bad Spell in Yurt, the first of the Royal Wizard of Yurt series. The series continues with The Wood Nymph and the Cranky Saint, Mage Quest, The Witch and the Cathedral, Daughter of Magic, and Is This Apocalypse Necessary? The first five books, published by Baen Books, are currently out of print but are available as ebooks and audio books. The last book in the series, published by The Wooster Book Company, remains in print.
Brittain has published three novellas in the Yurt series, The Lost Girls and the Kobold, Below the Wizards' Tower and A Long Way 'Til November. These are available exclusively as Kindle books. She has also written the first book of a new Yurt series, The Starlight Raven, about a girl who wants to be the first female wizard. The other two books, Voima and Count Scar, stand alone in their respective universes.
Brittain is married to Robert A. Bouchard, a molecular biologist.