Marie Judson writes adult fantasy and science fiction where scholarly expertise unlocks doorways between worlds and every crossing carries a price.
With master’s degrees in linguistics and educational technology, and decades of study in Celtic mythology and medieval history, Marie brings both academic rigor and depth psychology to her fiction. Her protagonists aren’t discovering magic, they’re grappling with what years of wielding it has cost them.
Her Braided Dimensions series follows Kay, a professor of ancient languages, across a twenty year journey of crossing between modern Berkeley and a meticulously researched medieval realm. What begins as fascination becomes expertise, then burden, then the kind of power that demands impossible choices. With authentic Old Norse, Welsh, and Germanic linguistic details, the series explores portal fantasy for adults navigating careers, parenthood, and partnerships alongside magic that refuses to stay buried.
Her Lost Xentu series ventures into science fiction, following Yanda, a gifted surgeon whose telepathic healing abilities connect her to an alien race thought lost to history. Across four books of space opera and metaphysical mystery, Yanda discovers that cosmic destiny and maternal protection make uneasy companions.
Marie’s work is for readers who want fantasy that asks deeper questions: What does power cost over time? How do you protect those you love when you exist in multiple worlds? What transforms us, not in our youth, but in the years when we understand what we’re risking?
Known for lyrical prose, linguistic authenticity, and character arcs that mirror the complexity of real transformation, Marie writes adult mythic fantasy where wonder meets wisdom, and every magical choice echoes across the years that follow.
Marie teaches special education in Northern California, works with dreams and depth psychology, and has been reading fantasy since discovering Tolkien’s Elves, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s telepaths, and Jo Clayton’s mind powered heroines as a young woman. She lives with her two cats and believes magic is most powerful when it costs something real.
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