Speaker and Media Kit

Podcast Interviews with Katherine Briggs

Live & Video Interviews

Speaking & School Visits

  • Christian Mommy Writers | Online | Speaker (October 2026)
  • Kids Write Novels | Online | Speaker (September 2026)
  • The Young Writer Retreat | Asheville, NC | Speaker (August 2026)
  • Spring Local & Indie Author Fair | Spring, TX | Panelist (April 2026)
  • Vision Christian Writers Conference | Felton, CA | Adjunct Faculty (March 2026)
  • Giddings Middle School | Giddings, TX | Author Visit (September 2026)
  • Realm Makers Conference | Grand Rapids, MI | Panelist (July 20, 2025)
  • One Year Adventure Novel’s Summer Creative Writing Workshop | Olathe, KS | Featured Speaker (June 9-14, 2025)
  • Lexington Middle School | Lexington, TX | Author Visit (September 26, 2024)
  • Scholé Academy Short Story Workshop | Online | Guest Instructor (June-July 2024)
  • Story Embers Summit | Online | Speaker (May 23-25, 2024)
  • Aletheia Christian School | Peoria | Middle School and High School Student Q&A and Book Signing (November 17, 2023)
  • Evergreen Classical School | The Woodlands | Student Book Signing at Fall Family Festival (October 6, 2023)
  • The Young Writer’s Workshop | Online | Office Hours Q&A with Students (September 21, 2023)

Events

  • TropiCon ’26 Book Expo Katy Mills (2026)
  • Tex-indie Author Book Fair (2025)
  • Texas Word Wranglers Book Festival (2025)
  • The Dusted Shelf Bookstore (2025)
  • Baker Book House (2025)
  • Great Homeschool Conventions Round Rock, TX (2025)
  • Brazos Valley Children’s Literary Festival w/ Bryan + College Station Public Library System (2025)
  • John Cooper School Signatures Author Series featuring Lisa Jewell (2024)
  • Logos Bookstore, YA Fantasy panel and podcast recording (2024)
  • Author Indie Book Fair (2024)
  • Texas Word Wrangler Book Festival, featured author (2024)
  • Copperfields’ Books 10th Anniversary Local and Indie Author Fair (2024)
  • The Texas Homeschool Expo (2024)
  • Tomball Author Fest 2024 w/ Lone Star College Library, featured author (2024)
  • Great Homeschool Conventions (2024)
  • Farmington Public Library Author Visit (2024)
  • Great Homeschool Conventions (2023)

Short Stories by Katherine Briggs

Awards

  • ACFW Kidlit Awards Published YA Fiction second place 2026 (The Immortal Abyss)
  • Realm Makers YA Category Finalist 2025 (The Immortal Abyss)
  • Operation Literacy’s Teen Readers’ Choice Awards Semifinalist 2024 (The Eternity Gate)
  • Realm Awards 2022 Finalist
  • BRMCWC Foundation Awards Speculative First Place 2021
  • BRMCWC Foundation Awards Speculative Second Place 2020
  • ACFW First Impressions Speculative Winner 2014
  • CWG Operation First Novel Semifinalist 2014

The Eternity Gate Reviews & Endorsements

“The worldbuilding is strong, and the mythology, politics, history, and geography of the world are richly developed.”

– Kirkus

“Katherine Briggs’s The Eternity Gate portrays a continent-crossing story of political intrigue and war with the backdrop of religious prophecy.”

– Lorehaven

“This tale grows and broadens into a satisfying adventure, and ancient mysteries unfold amid betrayals and reversals that challenge true courage and loyalty. I enjoyed The Eternity Gate.”

– Kathy Tyers, author of Star Wars: Balance Point

“Rich prose, exotic world-building, and compelling characters will make this novel an instant favorite and leave readers clamoring for more.”

– Daniel Schwabauer, award-winning author of Operation Grendel and Maxine Justice: Galactic Attorney

About Katherine Briggs

Bio

Katherine Briggs crafted her first monster story at age three. Since graduating from crayons to laptop, she continues to devour and weave fantasy tales while enjoying chai tea. She, her coadventurer husband, and rescue dog reside outside Houston, where she classically educates amazing middle school students, teaches ESL to adults, and enjoys studying other languages and rock climbing.

Katherine Briggs high resolution head shot

About The Eternity Gate (Volume 1) (The Threshold Duology)

Short Blurb

Kings and monsters battle over treasure locked behind the Eternity Gate, and Seyo holds the stolen key.

Medium Blurb

Kings and monsters battle over legends of treasure locked behind the Eternity Gate. Rumors whisper that someone stole the gate’s ancient key. Seyo, handmaiden to the princess, translates a prophecy from the archives warning that the gate does not offer treasure but judgment. Burdened with secrets and brewing war, she embarks on a journey to seek dangerous help. Will hiding the key—or destroying it—save her people or ensure their defeat?

Long Blurb

Destroy the key. Save her people and herself.

The Eternity Gate is found, and kings and monsters battle over its legends of treasure. But rumors whisper that someone stole the gate’s ancient key.

Seyo, handmaiden to the princess, keeps three secrets. First, she’s gifted in fire, not light, and may as well be cursed. Second, she translates a prophecy warning that the gate does not offer treasure but judgment. Third, Jorai, the scorned prince and Seyo’s confidant, entrusts her with the key and disappears.

Surrounded by war, Seyo and her companions embark on a journey to seek help from a faraway empire and find Jorai, unaware of the trap awaiting them. But what should Seyo do with the key? Who can survive judgment, especially someone as flawed as her? Will hiding the key—or destroying it—save her people or ensure their defeat?

High resolution cover of The Eternity Gate

About The Immortal Abyss (Volume 2) (The Threshold Duology)

Short Blurb

An orphan trains under powerful fire wielders in order to seize the throne from the corrupt dynasty. In order to succeed, she must summon a legend to life.

Medium Blurb

Nations rise and fall in the aftermath of war. The Immortal Abyss awakens, and the people long for a reborn starpalm to rise from among mortals and end their judgment. Tol dedicates herself to seizing the Abyss from the corrupt dynasty and delivering it to the coming deity, but her path twists with every step. Can Tol summon a legend? Or will her country perish under the power of the twin gates?

Long Blurb

Seize the throne. Seek the legend and conquer the Abyss.

Nations rise and fall in the aftermath of war over the Eternity Gate. The corrupted desert throne stands empty, and the Immortal Abyss awakens. Drought ravages the continent, and people long for the rebirth of a starpalm, who will rise from among mortals and end their judgment.

Orphaned at birth, Tol grew up hiding in the farthest corners of the desert, training under powerful rebel fire wielders. She now dedicates her life to the Rebellion’s cause to seize the throne and Abyss from the surviving dynasty and deliver both to the coming deity.

Chosen as the Rebellion’s messenger, she travels to reach sympathizers capable of identifying the starpalm. Familiar figures haunt her dreams, and her path twists with every step she takes. Can Tol fulfill her purpose and summon a legend? Or will her country perish under the judgment of the twin gates?

High resolution cover of The Immortal Abyss

For event inquiries, please contact Katherine Briggs at katherine@katherinebriggs.com.

Instagram: @katherinebriggs_author

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