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Patricia C Wrede


(Patricia Collins Wrede)
USA flag (b.1953)

Patricia Collins Wrede is an American fantasy writer, born in Chicago, Illinois; she is the eldest of five children. She finished her first book in 1978, working as an accountant and financial analyst in the meantime. In 1980 she was a founding member of The Scribblies who also included Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, and Nate Bucklin. She is a vegetarian and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her three cats. She has no children of her own, but has four nieces and four nephews.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Children's Fiction
 
New Books
September 2023

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The Dark Lord's Daughter
 
Series
Lyra
   1. Shadow Magic (1982)
   2. Daughter of Witches (1983)
   3. The Harp of Imach Thyssel (1985)
   4. Caught in Crystal (1987)
   5. The Raven Ring (1994)
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Enchanted Forest
   1. Dealing with Dragons (1990)
     aka Dragonsbane
   2. Searching for Dragons (1991)
     aka Dragon Search
   3. Calling on Dragons (1993)
   4. Talking to Dragons (1985)
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Mairelon
   1. Mairelon the Magician (1991)
   2. Magician's Ward (1997)
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Frontier Magic
   1. Thirteenth Child (2009)
   2. Across the Great Barrier (2011)
   3. The Far West (2012)
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Novels
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Collections
   Book of Enchantments (1996)
   Once Upon a Curse (2012) (with others)
   Points of Departure (2015) (with Pamela Dean)
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Non fiction
   Wrede on Writing (2013)
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Omnibus editions
   Magic and Malice (1998)
   A Matter of Magic (2010)
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Series contributed to
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Anthologies containing stories by Patricia C Wrede
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Short stories
The Improper Princess (1987)
The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn (1988)
The Sword-Seller (1990)
Cruel Sisters (1996)


Patricia C Wrede recommends
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How to Fracture a Fairy Tale (2018)
Jane Yolen
"This collection is Jane Yolen at her best. This is magic."
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Wings of Power (1989)
(Sabazel, book 4)
Lillian Stewart Carl
"A remarkably fine and thoroughly engrossing book!"

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