Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954) is an American writer. She graduated with a B.A. in Religious Studies from California State University, Bakersfield, in 1977 and then went on to do graduate work at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chico State University, and the University of California, Los Angeles. Gear is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the U.S. Department of the Interior.[1][2] She has twice received the federal government's Special Advancement Award for "outstanding management" of the US nation's cultural heritage. She is perhaps best known for her First North Americans series, co-authored with husband W. Michael Gear.[3]

Notable works

People Books – First North Americans (with W. Michael Gear)

  1. People of the Wolf (1990)
  2. People of the Fire (1990)
  3. People of the Earth (1992)
  4. People of the River (1992)
  5. People of the Sea (1993)
  6. People of the Lakes (1994)
  7. People of the Lightning (1995)
  8. People of the Silence (1996)
  9. People of the Mist (1997)
  10. People of the Masks (1998)
  11. People of the Owl (2003)
  12. People of the Raven (2004)
  13. People of the Moon (2005)
  14. People of the Nightland (2007)
  15. People of the Weeping Eye (2008)
  16. People of the Thunder (2009)
  17. People of the Longhouse (2010)
  18. The Dawn Country (2011)
  19. The Broken Land (2012)
  20. People of the Black Sun (2012)
  21. People of the Morning Star (2014)
  22. People of the Songtrail (2015)

Powers of Light

  • An Abyss of Light (1990)
  • Treasure of Light (1990)
  • Redemption of Light (1991)

Black Falcon

  • It Sleeps in Me (2005)
  • It Wakes in Me (2006)
  • It Dreams in Me (2007)

Anasazi Mysteries (with W Michael Gear)

  • The Visitant (1999)
  • The Summoning God (2000)
  • Bone Walker (2001)

Other Novels

  • Sand in the Wind (1990)
  • This Widowed Land (1993)
  • Thin Moon and Cold Mist (1995)
  • Dark Inheritance (2001) (with W Michael Gear)
  • Raising Abel (2002) (with W Michael Gear)
  • The Betrayal. The Lost Life of Jesus. (2008) (with W Michael Gear)
  • Children of the Dawnland (2009) (with W Michael Gear)
  • Copper Falcon (2014)

References

  1. ↑ "Book review". newsok.com. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Alumni". calstate.edu. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) - February 15, 1991


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