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Diane Duane

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May 18, 1952 in New York, The United States

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About this author

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 screenwriter and novelist Peter...more


Average rating: 3.88 · 37,093 ratings · 1,572 reviews · 60 distinct works
So You Want to Be a Wizard ...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 7,104 ratings — published 1983 — 23 editions
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Deep Wizardry (Young Wizard...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 4,731 ratings — published 1985 — 20 editions
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A Wizard Abroad (Young Wiza...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 3,459 ratings — published 1993 — 14 editions
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High Wizardry (Young Wizard...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 3,250 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions
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The Wizard's Dilemma (Young...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,306 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions
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A Wizard Alone (Young Wizar...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 2,069 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions
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Wizard's Holiday (Young Wiz...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 2,006 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions
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Wizards at War (Young Wizar...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,613 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions
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Spock's World
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 884 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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3.9290001091186846 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 27,493 ratings
My Enemy, My Ally (Star Tre... The Romulan Way (Star Trek,... Swordhunt (Star Trek, #95) Honor Blade (Star Trek, #96) The Empty Chair
Star Trek: Rihannsu (5 books)
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3.7771469127040453 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 1,409 ratings
The Book of Night with Moon To Visit the Queen
Cats of Grand Central (3 books)
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3.9665461121157324 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
The Door Into Fire The Door Into Shadow The Door into Sunset
The Tale of the Five (3 books)
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4.042654028436019 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 633 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
Volkhavaar
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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
More of Diane's books…
“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

“How am I supposed to save the universe with all this noise?!”
Diane Duane, Wizards at War

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A book I've been meaning to read, a book I was recommended and enjoyed, a book I read on my own and enjoyed, and a book of short stories by a well known author :)

 
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