Gerald Morris

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October 29, 1963 in Riverside, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Young Adult

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Gerald Morris is known for his light yet addictive series of stories for preteen and teen readers based in the Middle Ages during the time of King Arthur. Collectively called "The Squire's Tales", the series includes The Squire's Tale, The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady, The Savage Damsel and The Dwarf, and Parsifal's Page. The books at the start of the series focus on Gawain, but primarily on Terence, his squire. These two characters remain in the series, whereas main characters who are introduced in the later books don't tend to reappear in other books. His new series, "The Knights' Tales" is for younger readers and began with The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great, published in 2008, followed by "The Adventures of Sir Givret the Shor...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 9,058 ratings · 665 reviews · 22 distinct works

	The Squire's Tale (The Squire's Tales, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,890 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf (The Squire's Tales, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 1,308 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady (The Squire's Tales, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,207 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight (The Squire's Tales, #6) 4.08 avg rating — 861 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Lioness and Her Knight (The Squire's Tales, #7) 4.14 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Parsifal's Page (The Squire's Tales, #4) 3.91 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Ballad of Sir Dinadan (The Squire's Tales, #5) 3.97 avg rating — 745 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Quest of the Fair Unknown (The Squire's Tales, #8) 3.94 avg rating — 537 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Squire's Quest (The Squire's Tales, #9) 4.09 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great (Knights' Tales, #1) by Gerald Morris, Aaron Renier (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.70 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Gerald Morris

The Squire's Tales (10 books)
by Gerald Morris

4.08 avg rating — 8,522 ratings

Knights' Tales (3 books)
by Gerald Morris, Aaron Renier (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.77 avg rating — 446 ratings

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“There's never any reason to trust someone. If there's a reason, then it's not trust.

-Terence”
― Gerald Morris, The Quest of the Fair Unknown

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“Of course it is juggling, theman in motley was saying...YOu know what your problem is, Sir Grenall? You've been seduced by the lure of spectacle. Sure, I could juggle three or four balls and use two hands, and that would be very impressive, but then what would I do after that? Five balls? Three hands? You see how it goes? Now me, I'm an artist, trying to recapture the original purity of the art form. This-the man nodded at the ball he tossing up and down-this is the essence of juggling.”
― Gerald Morris, The Lioness and Her Knight

tags: art , humor , juggling

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“I said you lie, knave!” shouted Beaumains, drawing his sword. “And for telling such craven falsehoods, you must die!”
The knight looked plaintively at Roger. “What’s wrong with this fellow?”
He was dropped on his head when he was a baby,” answered Roger.”
― Gerald Morris, The Savage Damsel And The Dwarf

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