Welcome to Victoria Kasten's Website!
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Victoria just returned from her first national book tour including Harrisburg, PA and San Antonio, TX with some stops along the way. 4800 miles of driving in 15 days! See more in the news section. She's off to Atlanta, GA in July.
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The June '08 magazine articles are out. Check out MN Parent magazine and Women, Inc. Magazine for color photos and stories on Victoria this month.
Victoria is currently working on The Iron Spear (sequel to IronHeart and Mighty Stallion 6 The Civil War. Watch for their releases later this year.
To order books, click on the Contact page for more information.
IronHeart is out and getting great reviews!
News! Victoria's newest book, IronHeart, was released at the Deep Valley Book Festival (www.DeepValleyBookFest.com) in Mankato on Saturday, Nov 10, 2007. Don't miss out on this 300-pg epic story filled with heroes, villains, love and courage. For teens - adult readers. Order your copy today - $14.95 (MN residents add 6.5% sales tax) + $2 shipping on first book, $1.50 each add'l.
Mighty
Stallion 5 A Stallion's Heart
Now available!
The fifth and much anticipated release in Victoria's Mighty Stallion Series. Shalimar and Storm are two stallion brothers who are about to begin their journeys. While they set out in different directions, a strange chain of events brings them back together again. Set in the time of the Pony Express with exciting twists and turns along the way.
T-shirts now available for the covers of Mighty Stallion 1-4. $15 for each shirt + $3 shipping!
Available in white. (Mighty Stallion 1 also available in Lt Sand.) Sizes: Youth Sm, Md, Lg & XL Adult: Sm, Md, Lg, XL
A brief bio on Victoria...
Victoria Kasten, age seventeen, wrote her first Mighty Stallion book at age twelve. She currently has 5 Mighty Stallion Books available. (She hopes to make the Mighty Stallion stories into a 10-book series.) She also released IronHeart, her first full length (314 pgs) non-magical fantasy in late 2007.Victoria just recently returned from her first national book tour ... 4800 miles of driving in 15 days! She visited Harrisburg, PA and San Antonio, TX with some stops in between. She met many wonderful people and sold hundreds of books along the way. She also had the opportunity to visit Gettysburg and the Nat'l Civil War Museum to do research for her upcoming Mighty Stallion 6 book. She will be off to Atlanta, GA later this summer for another convention.
Victoria had two poems published in a nationally circulated newspaper at Age 11. Her first published book, Mighty Stallion, was released in November of 2005. Victoria's first magazine article appeared in the 2006 winter issue of American Livestock Magazine. American Livestock also published a poem of Victoria's in the Spring 2007 issue.
Since that time Victoria has participated in many events and book signings. She has been the subject of newspaper articles - including front page features - for Bluff Country Reader, Rochester Post Bulletin, Northfield News, Lonsdale Review, Spring Valley Tribune, Mankato Free press and others. She has also been interviewed by many radio stations and magazines. (Watch for the newest articles on Victoria to appear in Woman, Inc and MN Parent magazines in their June 2008 issues.)
Victoria has had the unique opportunity to teach hundreds of school age children at Young Writers conferences in MN (Anoka, Mankato, Winona). She has also been the guest of Medford, Montgomery/Lonsdale, LeCenter and St Peter Schools, sharing the story of her writing experiences with hundreds of additional school children.
Victoria has been the guest author of the Northfield Historical Society for Jesse James Days and Winter Walk. She was also asked to be a VIP for the MN Academic All-Stars program in 2007. In Sept of 2007, Victoria was honored to teach at the Sinclair Lewis Writer's conference for adults. She was one of 4 instructors and had the opportunity to work with fellow authors Jack Koblas, Gary Paulsen (3-time Newberry winner) and Lois Greimann.
Victoria is a home-educated student who loves horses. She has 2 horses of her own. Victoria also plays violin and until recently served as the Concert Mistress in her youth Symphony Orchestra. She also played in a Youth Chamber Ensemble. While her writing endeavors have put her violin playing on hold, she is still active in 4H and her church. In early 2008, Victoria performed in her first play as an actress for the Curtain Call Theater Company.
Victoria has a special interest in history. When she is home she enjoys the company of alpacas, rabbits and cats.