Michelle Paver

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born

January 01, 1960 in Malawi

gender

female

website

http://www.michellepaver.com/

genre

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

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Michelle Paver was born in Central Africa, but came to England as a child. After gaining a degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University, she became a partner in a City law firm, but eventually gave that up to write full-time.

The hugely successful Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series arose from Michelle's lifelong passion for animals, anthropology and the distant past - as as well as an encounter with a large bear in a remote valley in southern California. To research the books, Michelle has traveled to Finland, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Arctic Canada and the Carpathian Mountains. She has slept on reindeer skins, swum with wild orca (killer whales), and got nose-to-nose with polar bears - and, of course, wolves.

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Massive Acclaim For DARK MATTER!

Michelle's hotly-anticipated ghost story, DARK MATTER, has been published in the UK to massive critical acclaim.

"Dark Matter is brilliant" enthuses bestselling novelist Jeffery Deaver. "Imagine Jack London meets Stephen King. The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy. I loved it."

"Compelling… direct… relentless" writes Helen Rumbelow in The Times. "Dark Matter is terrific. It is...

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Books by Michelle Paver

Average rating: 4.19 · 15,151 ratings · 1,395 reviews · 34 distinct works

	Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #1) by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor (Illustrations) 4.11 avg rating — 4,478 ratings — published 2004 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Spirit Walker (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #2) by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 2,805 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Soul Eater (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 2,187 ratings — published 2006 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Outcast (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #4) 4.30 avg rating — 1,752 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Oath Breaker (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #5) 4.33 avg rating — 1,506 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Ghost Hunter (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #6) 4.39 avg rating — 1,106 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Dark Matter 3.87 avg rating — 997 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Chronicles Of Ancient Darkness 3 Books In 1: Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater 4.59 avg rating — 88 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Complete Boxed Set 4.64 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	The Shadow Catcher (Daughters of Eden Trilogy #1) 3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Series by Michelle Paver

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (6 books)
by Michelle Paver

4.21 avg rating — 13,834 ratings

Daughters of Eden Trilogy (3 books)
by Michelle Paver

3.69 avg rating — 91 ratings

Gods And Warriors (1 book)
by Michelle Paver

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings

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Quotes by Michelle Paver

“Evil exists in us all, Torak. Some fight it. Some feed it. That's how it's always been.”
― Michelle Paver

tags: inspirational

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“Fear is the loneliest feeling. You can be in a throng of people,but if your afraid,your on your own.”
― Michelle Paver, Oath Breaker

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“There's always a choice,' said Torak, and walked backward off the cliff.”
― Michelle Paver

tags: inspirational

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