Tanya Huff

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born

in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

January 01, 1957

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female

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http://andpuff.livejournal.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Gay & Lesbian

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"Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Although I haven't actually lived "down east" since just before my fourth birthday, I still consider myself a Maritimer. I think it's something to do with being born in sight of the ocean. Or possibly with the fact that almost no one admits to being from Ontario…

Raised, for the most part, in Kingston, Ontario. It was the late sixties, early to mid seventies. Enough said for those of us who lived through it-and those who didn't seem to be getting another chance to fall off platform shoes.

Spent three years in the Canadian Naval Reserve: I was a cook. They'd just opened it up to women and I figured it would be the first trade that would send women to sea. I was right. Unfortunately it happened a year after I left...more "Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Although I haven't actually lived "down east" since just before my fourth birthday, I still consider myself a Maritimer. I think it's something to do with being born in sight of the ocean. Or possibly with the fact that almost no one admits to being from Ontario…

Raised, for the most part, in Kingston, Ontario. It was the late sixties, early to mid seventies. Enough said for those of us who lived through it-and those who didn't seem to be getting another chance to fall off platform shoes.

Spent three years in the Canadian Naval Reserve: I was a cook. They'd just opened it up to women and I figured it would be the first trade that would send women to sea. I was right. Unfortunately it happened a year after I left. No tattoos.

Received a degree in RADIO AND TELEVISION ARTS (B.A.A.) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute: The year I graduated was the year that the CBC laid off 750 employees in Toronto alone. We were competing for jobs with people who had up to five years experience. The cat threw up on my degree.

Spent eight years working at Bakka, North America's oldest surviving science fiction book store: Change Of Hobbit in California was actually a very little bit older but unfortunately it was a casualty of the recession in '91. During those eight years, while working full-time, I wrote seven books (the first seven, except for the original draft of CHILD), and nine short stories.

In 1992, after living in downtown Toronto, a city of nearly three million, for thirteen years, I moved with two large cats, one small psychotic cat, and my partner out to a rented house in the middle of nowhere. In the years since, we've purchased the house, buried two of the original cats, replaced them with three more felines and, unintentionally, acquired a Chihuahua. You're probably wondering how two reasonably intelligent adults can unintentionally acquire a Chihuahua. Please don't ask.

I love living in the country, writing full-time, anything by Charles de Lint, Xena, Hercules, and email. I dislike telephones, electric blankets, and bathroom renovations.

I always expect catastrophe; as a result, I'm usually pleasantly surprised."

Huff lives with her wife, Fiona Patton.(less)

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Average rating: 3.80 · 72,862 ratings · 3,750 reviews · 52 distinct works · Similar authors

	Blood Price (Victoria Nelson, #1) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 4,646 ratings — published 1991 — 16 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
	Blood Trail (Victoria Nelson, #2) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 3,499 ratings — published 1992 — 14 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
	Blood Lines (Victoria Nelson, #3) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 3,071 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Blood Pact (Victoria Nelson, #4) 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 2,731 ratings — published 1993 — 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
	Summon the Keeper (Keeper Chronicles, #1) 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 2,306 ratings — published 1998 — 4 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
	Sing the Four Quarters (Quarters, #1) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,391 ratings — published 1994	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
	Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 2,142 ratings — published 2000 — 10 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
	Blood Debt (Victoria Nelson, #5) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 2,420 ratings — published 1997 — 16 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
	The Enchantment Emporium (Gale Women, #1) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 2,043 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Second Summoning (Keeper Chronicles, #2) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,677 ratings — published 2001 — 3 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

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Henry Fitzroy (8 books)
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Confederation (5 books)
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“Violence is never the answer but sometimes, like with cockroaches, it is the only possible response.”
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“Isn't that just like a man. 450-fucking-years-old and he's still thinking with his balls!”
― Tanya Huff, Blood Trail (Victoria Nelson, #2)

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“It took him forever to get to downtown Vancouver although Tony had to admit that saving the world by public transportation was a particularly Canadian way to do things.”
― Tanya Huff, Smoke and Shadows

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Please vote for the book that you would like to read in August and discuss in September. Voting will end 12am PT on June 27th.

Sabriel by Garth Nix

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17 votes, 10.6%

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16 votes, 10.0%

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12 votes, 7.5%

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9 votes, 5.6%

A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay

8 votes, 5.0%

The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari

7 votes, 4.4%

Inda by Sherwood Smith

5 votes, 3.1%

Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff

3 votes, 1.9%

The Flame in the Bowl: Unbinding the Stone by Marc Vun Kannon

3 votes, 1.9%

The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan

1 vote, 0.6%

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