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Barbara Kloss

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Barbara Kloss studied biochemistry at California Polytechnic State University, and after she began working in a clinical lab, found herself daydreaming about far off lands and slightly deranged wizards. She, her husband, baby boy, and Lhasa currently live in Arizona, where she escapes the summer heat by writing about lush vegetation and moderate to cold climates. Author of the Pandoran Novels, a YA fantasy series.



Um, it's been a while.



I confess that I transfigured myself into an ostrich and recently decided it was time to pull my head from the sand for a few minutes (mostly, to listen to Atoms of Peace on repeat. SERIOUSLY. I would like to hire Thom Yorke to write a soundtrack for my stories. And life.)

But I also wanted to say: I'M ALIVE.

*side note: my blog is glowering at me right now because I haven'... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 4.59 · 79 ratings · 36 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
Gaia's Secret (A Pandoran N...
4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
The Keeper's Flame (A Pando...
4.87 of 5 stars 4.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Untitled (A Pandoran Novel,...
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“Life never obeys our plans, I'm afraid.”
Barbara Kloss, Gaia's Secret

“To dream of a magical world is one thing. To be told it exists is quite another.”
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“Sometimes great power brings out the worst in us, and unfortunately, it isn't until people are given it that we see the true shades of their character.”
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“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“The story is always better than your ability to write it.”
Robin McKinley

“One of the biggest, and possibly the biggest, obstacle to becoming a writer... is learning to live with the fact that the wonderful story in your head is infinitely better, truer, more moving, more fascinating, more perceptive, than anything you're going to manage to get down on paper. (And if you ever think otherwise, then you've turned into an arrogant self-satisfied prat, and should look for another job or another avocation or another weekend activity.) So you have to learn to live with the fact that you're never going to write well enough. Of course that's what keeps you trying -- trying as hard as you can -- which is a good thing.”
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