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Andrea K. Höst

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Born in Sweden and raised in Australia, Andrea K Höst currently lives in Sydney. She writes fantasy, but wanders occasionally into science fantasy.

Her novel "The Silence of Medair" was a finalist for the 2010 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel.


Part3 of the Travelling Fantasy Round Table, our roaming discussion on aspects of fantasy literature, is up at Carole McDonnell's blog. This month we're looking into religion in fantasy. read more »
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Average rating: 4.34 · 617 ratings · 183 reviews · 16 distinct works
Stray (Touchstone, #1)
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Lab Rat One (Touchstone, #2)
4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Caszandra (Touchstone, #3)
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Gratuitous Epilogue (Touchs...
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Champion of the Rose (Dares...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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The Touchstone Trilogy
4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Voice of the Lost (Medair #2)
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Medair
4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011
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Stained Glass Monsters (Efe...
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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Stray Lab Rat One Caszandra
Touchstone (3 books)
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4.3826086956521735 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 460 ratings
The Silence of Medair Voice of the Lost
Medair (2 books)
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4.349397590361446 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 83 ratings
Champion of the Rose
Darest (2 books)
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3.8666666666666667 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings
Stained Glass Monsters
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4.333333333333333 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings

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Andrea added a status update: Just read an interview with the writer of "Snow White and the Huntsman". Now a bit less interested in seeing the movie. [Note - mild spoiler below.]

I think it was the idea that women who scar themselves to avoid gaining the interest of the beauty-stealing queen would then all go off and create a supportive village to quietly live...because scarred women couldn't possibly be part of normal society?
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"I've seen some tacky moves by people over the last couple of years, but this one goes above and beyond. It's even weirder when it's directed at someon...more "
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" Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) is a collection of stories from the life of Jenny Lawson, who is also known as The Bloggess on her blog of the same name. I was somewhat familiar with Lawson from reading bits of her often i... "
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BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS
IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.

Thus permission is given for four children, the youngest aged seven, to take the sailing boat "Swallow" and camp on an island near their summer holiday home. This is a story of being explorers: Cap...more
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"Demountables are very commonly used as school classrooms. They're intended to be temporary, but end up being permanent. "
Andrea is reading And All the Stars: Finally figured out what to do with upcoming "lull" chapter (where I need at least another chapter of character development before next major event, but can't just have them sitting around watching TV for the entire middle section of the book...) Admittedly, it's very exciting TV, but still, like to have characters DO stuff.
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Troubletwisters by Garth Nix
Troubletwisters (Troubletwisters, #1)
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This book for younger readers has some things which will appeal to its target audience (particularly many scenes of muck and bugs crawling on things), but I at least bounced off the structure and main source of conflict behind the story.

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“I walked into adventure and adventure has given me blisters.”
Andrea K. Höst, Stray

“A metric fuckton of dumb so epically mind-destroyingly beyond a bad idea that there's not a chance they would go there.”
Andrea K. Höst, Lab Rat One

“Can you truly tell me, you with your heart leaping over itself in fright, that you can be my lover? My friend and helpmeet, my comfort and passion? Because I would not accept less.”
Andrea K. Höst, Voice of the Lost

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“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”
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“Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.”
Rex Stout, The Silent Speaker

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

“Horses are of a breed unique to Fantasyland. They are capable of galloping full-tilt all day without a rest. Sometimes they do not require food or water. They never cast shoes, go lame or put their hooves down holes, except when the Management deems it necessary, as when the forces of the Dark Lord are only half an hour behind. They never otherwise stumble. Nor do they ever make life difficult for Tourists by biting or kicking their riders or one another. They never resist being mounted or blow out so that their girths slip, or do any of the other things that make horses so chancy in this world. For instance, they never shy and seldom whinny or demand sugar at inopportune moments. But for some reason you cannot hold a conversation while riding them. If you want to say anything to another Tourist (or vice versa), both of you will have to rein to a stop and stand staring out over a valley while you talk. Apart from this inexplicable quirk, horses can be used just like bicycles, and usually are. Much research into how these exemplary animals come to exist has resulted in the following: no mare ever comes into season on the Tour and no stallion ever shows an interest in a mare; and few horses are described as geldings. It therefore seems probable that they breed by pollination. This theory seems to account for everything, since it is clear that the creatures do behave more like vegetables than mammals. Nomads appears to have a monopoly on horse-breeding. They alone possess the secret of how to pollinate them.”
Diana Wynne Jones, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland

“You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.”
Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

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Andrea Wendy Darling wrote: "This excites me GREATLY. You have no idea. Thanks for the heads up! Now you'll have to put up with us harassing you about it from now until then, hah.

I'm not sure any amount of harassment could overcome my current Star Wars: The Old Republic addiction. But I am making progress. It'll be a next year release I think.


Wendy Darling Andrea wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Wendy!

As for the survivalist story...well, it mutated somewhat, but... And All the Stars

You and Flannery totally derailed me from thebook I was theoretically putting out in March, and I've been working on this ever since. Though have only managed to move the poor girl an inch or two."


This excites me GREATLY. You have no idea. Thanks for the heads up! Now you'll have to put up with us harassing you about it from now until then, hah.

And thank you for accepting! I'm glad to be in touch more regularly. :)


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