Before pursuing a career in writing Kidd had worked at
Beam Software, an Australia-based game developer. She is credited as, among other things, the writer, director and lead designer of
Nightshade, an action-adventure title for the NES. She is also credited as the lead designer for
Shadowrun. Kidd's first book, entitled
Mus of Kerbridge, was released in 1995 and received a short-list nomination for the 1995
Aurealis Awards best fantasy novel. She has since released six more stand alone novels, written a two book series and has contributed to two of the
Dungeons & Dragons novel series,
Forgotten Realms: Nobles and
Greyhawk. Her novel releases include
White Plume Mountain (WOTC),
Descent into the Depths of the Earth (WOTC),
A Whisper of Wings (Vision),
The Rats of Acomar (Vision), ''The Fangs of K'aath
(United Press UK), Lilith
(Vision), Petal Storm
(Vision), Neue Europa
(Vision), and the Petal Storm
graphic novel series. Kidd also has written a non-fiction strategy guide based on the video game Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?'', Kidd lives in
Perth, Australia. ==Bibliography==