Susan Fletcher

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born

May 28, 1951 in Pasadena, The United States

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female

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http://susanfletcher.com

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Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Susan Fletcher is the author of a popular trilogy that includes the books Dragon's Milk, Flight of the Dragon Kyn, and Sign of the Dove, as well as of several other novels for young readers.

With a medieval setting inspired by pictures of the Welsh countryside from where Fletcher traces her roots, the dragon trilogy features Fletcher's imaginative, dragon-centered plots, which have won praise from reviewers and readers alike. Calling 1993's Flight of the Dragon Kyn "a joy to read," Booklist contributor Deborah Abbott added: "Fletcher pens some of the best yarns around."

Born in Pasadena, California, in 1951, Fletcher an...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Susan Fletcher is the author of a popular trilogy that includes the books Dragon's Milk, Flight of the Dragon Kyn, and Sign of the Dove, as well as of several other novels for young readers.

With a medieval setting inspired by pictures of the Welsh countryside from where Fletcher traces her roots, the dragon trilogy features Fletcher's imaginative, dragon-centered plots, which have won praise from reviewers and readers alike. Calling 1993's Flight of the Dragon Kyn "a joy to read," Booklist contributor Deborah Abbott added: "Fletcher pens some of the best yarns around."

Born in Pasadena, California, in 1951, Fletcher and her family moved to Ohio when she was seven years old. She had dreamed of being a writer ever since she entered the third grade. "Back then my name was Susan Clemens," she once explained. "One day my teacher told us about a famous author named Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, whose daughter's name was Susan. It was fate, I thought. I decided not to become the daughter of a famous author (which is impossible to arrange), but to become a famous author myself (which is difficult enough)."

Returning to California in sixth grade, Fletcher graduated from high school in 1969, having spent her senior year as fiction editor of her school's literary magazine. She enrolled at the University of California at Santa Barbara and earned her bachelor's degree in English. She then moved to Michigan, where she earned her master's degree in English from the University of Michigan. Moving again to Colorado, Fletcher got a job with a local advertising agency and met her soon-to-be husband, Jerry; they were married in June of 1977. Moving again, this time to Minneapolis, Minnesota, she put her writing talent to work creating copy for radio advertisements, which she enjoyed and was good at. When her husband relocated to Portland, Oregon, Fletcher planned to look for a similar position, but those plans changed when she discovered that she and her husband would soon be having a child. Magazine writing became her new focus--it was something Fletcher could do from home--and from there it was a short step to becoming a children's book writer.

Fletcher's first novel for young readers, 1988's The Haunting Possibility, was inspired by Oregon's Lake Oswego area and the practice of draining the lake each winter to allow dock repairs to be made. Learning the nuances of characterization and plotting as she went, Fletcher completed the manuscript and sent it to almost twenty publishers before it was accepted. She quickly involved herself in a local group of children's writers, meeting several editors and gaining constructive criticism of her work in the process.(less)

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Books by Susan Fletcher

Average rating: 3.88 · 6,304 ratings · 544 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Shadow Spinner 3.95 avg rating — 2,080 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Dragon's Milk (Dragon Chronicles, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,908 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Flight of the Dragon Kyn (Dragon Chronicles, #2) by Susan Fletcher, Rebecca Guay 3.94 avg rating — 929 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Sign of the Dove (Dragon Chronicles, #3) 3.87 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Alphabet of Dreams 3.64 avg rating — 498 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Walk Across the Sea by Susan Fletcher, Nenad Jakesevic (Illustrator) 3.37 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Ancient, Strange, and Lovely (Dragon Chronicles, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dadblamed Union Army Cow by Susan Fletcher, Kimberly Bulcken Root (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Eve Green 3.56 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Haunting Possiblity (Crosswinds, #19) 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Dragon Chronicles (4 books)
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April 2012, Susan Fletcher
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? SF: Daily work to learn the sorcery of stories. SS: What is your motto or maxim? SF: Fall seven times, stand up eight. What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect h..." ...More

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Quotes by Susan Fletcher

“I believe the world is as we choose to view it. Simple as that. Our happiness is, in the end, up to us, and to no one else.”
― Susan Fletcher

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“We carry on. We have ourselves and we carry on- in spite of our losses and mistakes and women, I think, have more than most. We are good secret-keepers. We can tie weights to out guilt and passions, and hatred and deceitfulness, and let them sink down, so that you'd never know they existed at all. But we know. I can count all mine.”
― Susan Fletcher

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“I've heard fate talked of. It's not a word I use. I think we make our own choices. I think how we live our lives is our own doing, and we cannot fully hope on dreams and stars. But dreams and stars can guide us, perhaps. And the heart's voice is a strong one. Always is.

...Your heart's voice is your true voice. It is easy to ignore it, for sometimes it says what we'd rather it did not - and it is so hard to risk the things we have. But what life are we living, if we don't live by our hearts? Not a true one. And the person living it is not the true you”
― Susan Fletcher

tags: choices , dreams , fate , heart , hopes , life , living

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