Kate Orman (born 1968) is an Australian author,^[1] best known for her books connected to the Britishscience-fiction television seriesDoctor Who.^[2]

Kate Orman was born inSydney, but grew up inCanberra andMelbourne and spent two years living in the United States. She earned a degree inbiology atSydney University before becoming a professional author.

She is married to American writerJonathan Blum, whom she met throughDoctor Whofandom.

Orman penned many spin-off novels fromDoctor Who forVirgin Publishing,BBC Books andTelos Publishing, the first non-British and first female author to do so.^[3] Several of her laterDoctor Who works were in collaboration with her husband. She has also collaborated withPaul Cornell: Orman and Cornell co-plottedHuman Nature, written by Cornell, andReturn of the Living Dad, written by Orman. More recentDoctor Who and related work has been forBig Finish.

Orman has also had a number of shortscience fiction stories published.^[4]

In 2004, Orman and Blum'sDoctor Who novellaFallen Gods, published by Telos the previous year, won theAurealis Award for best Australian science-fiction book.^[3]

• The Left-Handed Hummingbird (1993)
• Set Piece (1995)
• SLEEPY (1996)
• Return of the Living Dad (1996)
• The Room with No Doors (1997)
• So Vile a Sin (withBen Aaronovitch, 1997)

• Walking to Babylon (1998, later adapted into an audio drama byBig Finish)

• Vampire Science (withJonathan Blum, 1997)
• Seeing I (with Jonathan Blum, 1998)
• Unnatural History (with Jonathan Blum, 1999)
• The Year of Intelligent Tigers (2001)

• Blue Box (2003)

• Fallen Gods (with Jonathan Blum, 2003)

• The Dead Star (2023)

• "All Mimsy Were the Borogoves" inNobody's Children

• "No-One Goes to Halfway There" (inDecalog 4, 1997)
• "The Bicycle Net" (inInterzone, September 1997)
• "The Adventures of Kate Orman, Novelist" (inPretext: Salvage, 1999)
• "Steal from the World" inThe Dead Men Diaries, 2000)
• "Cactus Land" (inRealms of Fantasy, August 2000)
• "Pyramid Scheme" (inOutside the Box: the Best Short Fiction from Bookface.com, 2001)
• "And All the Children of Chimaera" (inPassing Strange, 2002)
• "Ticket to Backwards" (inAgog! Fantastic Fiction, 2002)
• "Solar Max and the Seven-Handed Snake Mother" (inBernice Summerfield: A Life of Surprises, 2002)
• "In the Days of the Red Animals" (inAgog! Terrific Tales, 2003)
• "The Peter Principle" (inBernice Summerfield: Life During Wartime, 2003)
• "No Exit" (inBig Finish Short Trips: Steel Skies, 2003)
• "The Southwell Park Mermaid" (inBig Finish Short Trips: Life Science, 2004)
• "Buried Alive" (inBernice Summerfield: A Life Worth Living, 2004)
• "Culture War" (inBig Finish Short Trips: 2040, 2004)
• "Nobody's Gift" (inBig Finish Short Trips: The History of Christmas, 2005)
• "White on White" (inBig Finish Short Trips: Christmas Around the World, 2009)
• "Black Sky Mining" (inIn Uniform, Slash Books, October 2010)
• "Don't Do Something, Just Sit There" (inBernice Summerfield: Present Danger, Big Finish, September 2010)
• "The Five-Dimensional Man" (Big Finish Short Trips, audio vol. 3, Big Finish, May 2011)
• "Crocodile City" (inTruth or Dare, Slash Books, July 2011)
• "Playing for Time" (inLiberating Earth, Obverse Books, 2015)
• "Saltier" (short story, Interzone Digital, 2023)

• "Change of Mind" (inDoctor Who Magazine #221-223, 1995)

• Liberating Earth (Obverse Books, 2015)

• Kate Orman at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database

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• Australian women science fiction and fantasy writers

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