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Patricia Collins Wrede (pronounced "REED-ee") is an American fantasy writer, born 1953 in Chicago, Illinois; she is the eldest of 5 tikes.

She married James Wrede withinside 1976; it divorced in 1991. She found an MBA from University of Minnesota in 1977. She finished her number one book within 1978, working as an accountant & securities analyst meanwhile. Inside January 1980 she was a founder member of The Scribblies who also involved Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust and Nate Bucklin. She sold her book to Ace within April 198& it was published in 1982. Therein season she met Lilian Stewart Carl who introduced her to Lois McMaster Bujold. Inside 1985, shortly prior to her fifth book was published, she became the good-whale writer. She occurs as member of the Liavek shared-world anthology.

She occurs as vegetarian and lives inside Minneapolis, Minnesota with her three cats. She has there is no kids of her own, however has claimed to have at least iv nieces & quaternion nephews.

Books
Lyra
These books part the most commin setting on the globe known as Lyra, & come utilized on this text around chronological choose like than by publication. When a books come exclusively loosely attached, it can be page through in any choose, though the correct sequence of publication is probably preferred.

  • Caught around Crystal (1987)
  • A Corvus corax Ring (1994)
  • Shadow Magic (1982)
  • Girl of Witches (1984)
  • A Harp of Imach Thyssel (1985) Shadows all over Lyra (omnibus edition including a foremost 3 Lyra novels published) (1997)

    The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
    This series features Princess Cimorene, when she becomes the dragon's princess, saving said dragon, lessens enamored, & at last saves a Enchanted Woods. These are unremarkably marketed for immature adults. A 4th book (told from either a perspective of Cimorene's boy, Daystar) was published 1st, however is considered to properly previous last in the series.

  • Treating by owning Dragons (1990)
  • Shopping for Dragons (1991)
  • Turn Dragons (1993)
  • Talking To Dragons (1985)

    Regency fantasy
    Both loosely-attached series of books placed around the Regency-era globe by having magic. Cecelia and Kate
    by using Caroline Stevermer

    A authors' tell these stories from either the first-person perspective, as cousinside-german Kate & Cecelia write back & forth, recounting their risky venture in magic & cultured society. the authors project to write a third book, placed x years when A Grand Tour, however a title & release date come unknown when of eventually. Two one works come unusual inside modern fiction inside existence epistolary novels, written using the letter game.

  • Black magic & Cecelia (1988)
  • A Grand Tour (2004)

    Magic and Malice
    "Mairelon" occurs as gentleman wizard sustaining unusual talents, & Kim is his street street child protégé. Together, it foil plots & usually wear pain.

  • Mairelon a Magician (1991)
  • ''A Magician's Ward (1997)
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    Others
    A Seven Towers (1984) Snow White & Rose Red (1989) Book of Enchantments (1996) Star Wars, Episode I - A Phantom Menace (Jr. Novelisation) (1999) Book of Enchantments occurs as short story collection. A final story, "Utensile Strength", features a Frying Pan of Day of reckoning & characters from either a Enchanted Woods Chronicles. An earliest story "The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn" is as well placed in the Enchanted Outdoors''. "The Sword-Seller" is placed in the Witch World universe created by Andre Norton, while "Stronger than Time", "Cruel Sisters" & "The Lorelei" give replacement versions of, or even even approaches to fairy tales or folk stories.

    • Allscifi Patricia Wrede Spotlight
    A detailed analysis of the plot, setting, characters, theme, and structure of her greatest novels, and links to similar works by other novelists.

    Wrede, Patricia C.
    Includes short biography of Patricia Wrede, bibliography, new book news, and links to other sites.

    The Royal College of Wizards
    Fan site for Patricia C. Wrede's Mairelon the Magician and The Magician's Ward.




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