Catherynne M. Valente
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May 05, 1979
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Catherynne M. Valente was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA, but grew up in in the wheatgrass paradise of Northern California. She graduated from high school at age 15, going on to UC San Diego and Edinburgh University, receiving her B.A. in Classics with an emphasis in Ancient Greek Linguistics. She then drifted away from her M.A. program and into a long residence in the concrete and camphor wilds of Japan.
She currently lives in Maine with her partner, two dogs, and three cats, having drifted back to America and the mythic frontier of the Midwest.
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In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1) by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 4.34 — 357 ratings — published 2006 3 editions |
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In the Cities of Coin and Spice (The Orphan's Tales, #2) by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 4.34 — 178 ratings — published 2007 2 editions |
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Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 3.77 — 169 ratings — published 2009 |
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The Labyrinth by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 4.07 — 29 ratings — published 2004 |
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Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 3.80 — 25 ratings — published 2005 |
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Oracles: A Pilgrimage by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 3.94 — 16 ratings — published 2005 |
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The Grass-Cutting Sword by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 3.41 — 17 ratings — published 2006 2 editions |
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A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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Apocrypha by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 2005 2 editions |
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Music of a Proto-Suicide by Catherynne M. Valente avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2004 |
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"... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong."
'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted.
"And so we all begin, determined to better our fathers' performances, knowing we can change the very nature of humanity, make it better, cleaner. But then daggers strike in the night, and peasants revolt, and all manner of atrocities become a necessity as breakfast. Only Princes believe in the greater good. Kings know there is only Reign, and all things may be committed in its holy name..."
— Catherynne M. Valente
'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted.
"And so we all begin, determined to better our fathers' performances, knowing we can change the very nature of humanity, make it better, cleaner. But then daggers strike in the night, and peasants revolt, and all manner of atrocities become a necessity as breakfast. Only Princes believe in the greater good. Kings know there is only Reign, and all things may be committed in its holy name..."
— Catherynne M. Valente
"...what maiden knows how the world is skewed to spare any testing of her virtue?"
— Catherynne M. Valente (In the Cities of Coin and Spice)
— Catherynne M. Valente (In the Cities of Coin and Spice)
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| Building a SciFi/...: Favorite Fantasy Written by a Woman | 41 | 213 | Jun 06, 2009 07:24AM | |
| Beyond Reality: Nominations for September! | 20 | 71 | Jun 20, 2009 09:29AM | |
| Beyond Reality: Nominations for October! | 16 | 62 | Jul 20, 2009 11:00AM | |
| Beyond Reality: What else are you reading? (August) | 107 | 108 | Aug 29, 2009 08:23AM | |
| Dark Fiction: Catherynne M. Valente | 3 | 9 | Aug 30, 2009 11:23PM | |
| Novel Ladies: Samantha's 2009 Reading Log | 7 | 12 | Sep 17, 2009 11:39AM |
