Patricia A. McKillip

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born

February 29, 1948 in The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.patriciamckillip.com/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

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Patricia Anne McKillip is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels, distinguished by lyrical, delicate prose and careful attention to detail and characterization. She is a past winner of the World Fantasy Award and Locus Award, and she lives in Oregon. Most of her recent novels have cover paintings by Kinuko Y. Craft. She is married to David Lunde, a poet.

According to Fantasy Book Review, Patricia McKillip grew up in Oregon, England, and Germany, and received a Bachelor of Arts (English) in 1971 and a Master of Arts in 1973 from San Jose State University.

McKillip's stories usually take place in a setting similar to the Middle Ages. There are forests, castles, and lords or kings, minstrels, tinkers and wizards. Her writing us...more

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Books by Patricia A. McKillip

Average rating: 3.94 · 40,425 ratings · 2,972 reviews · 67 distinct works

	Riddle-Master: The Complete Trilogy 4.21 avg rating — 3,054 ratings — published 1979 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Forgotten Beasts of Eld 4.02 avg rating — 3,260 ratings — published 1974 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Winter Rose (Winter Rose, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 2,346 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Riddlemaster of Hed 4.01 avg rating — 2,156 ratings — published 1976 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Alphabet of Thorn 4.03 avg rating — 1,834 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Changeling Sea 4.08 avg rating — 1,440 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Harpist in the Wind 4.16 avg rating — 1,496 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Ombria in Shadow 3.98 avg rating — 1,430 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Book of Atrix Wolfe 3.95 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Heir of Sea and Fire 4.10 avg rating — 1,393 ratings — published 1977 — 14 editions	My rating:

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Series by Patricia A. McKillip

Riddle-Master (3 books)
by Patricia A. McKillip

4.13 avg rating — 8,099 ratings

Winter Rose (2 books)
by Patricia A. McKillip

3.75 avg rating — 3,165 ratings

Cygnet Duology (2 books)
by Patricia A. McKillip

3.83 avg rating — 1,046 ratings

Kyreol Duology (2 books)
by Patricia A. McKillip

3.41 avg rating — 164 ratings

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Quotes by Patricia A. McKillip

“Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.”
― Patricia A. McKillip

tags: imagination

1,519 people liked it

“The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.”
― Patricia A. McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head

tags: bibliophiles , book-lovers , books , readers , reading

267 people liked it

“Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.”
― Patricia A. McKillip, In The Forests of Serre

tags: language , meaning , words

60 people liked it

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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip

2 votes 4.0%

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima

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The Third Eye by Mahtab Narsimhan

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