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Diane Duane

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May 18, 1952 in New York, The United States

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Diane Duane has been a writer of science fiction, fantasy, TV and film for more than thirty years.
Besides the 1980's creation of the Young Wizards fantasy series for which she's best known, the "Middle Kingdoms" epic fantasy series, and numerous stand-alone fantasy or science fiction novels, her career has included extensive work in the Star Trek TM universe, and many scripts for live-action and animated TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as work in comics and computer games. She has spent a fair amount of time on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has picked up various awards and award nominations here and there.

She lives in County Wicklow, in Ireland, with her husband of twenty years, the scr...more


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Average rating: 3.87 · 31,062 ratings · 1,464 reviews · 95 distinct works
So You Want to Be a Wizard (Yo...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 6,095 ratings — published 1983 — 23 editions
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Deep Wizardry (Young Wizards,...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 3,689 ratings — published 1985 — 20 editions
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High Wizardry (Young Wizards,...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 2,805 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions
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A Wizard Abroad (Young Wizards...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,738 ratings — published 1993 — 14 editions
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The Wizard's Dilemma (Young Wi...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,984 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions
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A Wizard Alone (Young Wizards,...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,742 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions
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Wizard's Holiday (Young Wizard...
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,658 ratings8 editions
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Wizards at War (Young Wizards,...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,392 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions
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Spock's World
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 783 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions
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So You Want to Be a Wizard Deep Wizardry High Wizardry A Wizard Abroad The Wizard's Dilemma A Wizard Alone Wizard's Holiday
Young Wizards (10 books)
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3.92329880687033 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 22,881 ratings
My Enemy, My Ally (Star Trek,... The Romulan Way (Star Trek, #3... Swordhunt (Star Trek, #95) Honor Blade (Star Trek, #96) The Empty Chair
Star Trek: Rihannsu (5 books)
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3.76016949152542 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
The Book of Night with Moon To Visit the Queen
Cats of Grand Central (3 books)
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3.95076923076923 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 975 ratings
The Door Into Fire The Door Into Shadow The Door into Sunset
The Tale of the Five (3 books)
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4.07386363636364 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 528 ratings
Omnitopia Dawn Omnitopia: East Wind
Omnitopia (2 books)
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Diane Duane Diane Duane said: "I've read a great deal of Tanith's material over the years, and the new works are as delightful as the old... but there are some that I keep coing back to. This is one. The book is as completely and compactly-structured a standalone as a writer could...more"
 

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Volkhavaar by Tanith Lee
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“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

“Footsteps in the snow
suggest where you have been,
point to where you were going:
but when they suddenly vanish,
never dismiss the possibility
of flight...”
Diane Duane

“Something always happens. You still have to promise stuff anyway. If you have to work to make the promises true... it's like a spell. You have to say the words every time you want the results.”
Diane Duane, High Wizardry

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