Cathy McCrumb

Cathy McCrumb is an author of science fiction and fantasy, known for the Children of the Consortium series. Beginning with Recorder and continuing through Aberration and Guardian, the series follows characters entangled with the Consortium, a powerful and secretive organization, across a setting that blends science-fictional and fantastical elements. Her fiction favors close, character-driven stakes over sprawling worldbuilding, tracing a single storyline to its conclusion across the trilogy rather than expanding into spin-offs. The trilogy's title, Recorder, points to its protagonist's role observing and documenting the Consortium's activities, a framing device that lets McCrumb build tension gradually as her narrator uncovers more than the organization intends to reveal.