Michelle Paver

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born

in Malawi

January 01, 1960

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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Michelle Paver's Blog

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Michelle Goes Virtually Live!

On the 5th of November Michelle Paver, author of Gods and Warriors and the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, will be speaking on Puffin Virtually Live about her new series Gods and Warriors and her experiences researching and writing the second book in the series. How did she recreate the Bronze Age world? And how does she go about writing some of the book’s less human characters?

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Michelle Paver's Books

Average rating: 4.19 · 26,491 ratings · 1,961 reviews · 27 distinct works · Similar authors

	Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1) by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor (Illustrations) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 7,442 ratings — published 2004 — 39 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirit Walker (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #2) by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor (Illustrator) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 4,780 ratings — published 2005 — 26 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul Eater (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #3) 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 3,542 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outcast (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #4) 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 2,891 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oath Breaker (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #5) 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 2,692 ratings — published 2008 — 23 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Hunter (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #6) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 2,124 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Matter 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,187 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles Of Ancient Darkness 3 Books In 1: Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater 4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 182 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gods and Warriors (Gods and Warriors, #1) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Complete Boxed Set 4.63 of 5 stars 4.63 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Michelle Paver

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (6 books)
by Michelle Paver
4.221208374195199 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 23,453 ratings

Gods and Warriors (2 books)
by Michelle Paver
3.7602996254681647 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 267 ratings

Daughters of Eden Trilogy (3 books)
by Michelle Paver
3.619047619047619 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 168 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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