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Tamora Pierce
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http://www.goodreads.com/tamorapierce
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| born |
December 13, 1954
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| gender |
female |
| place of birth |
South Connellsville, Pennsylvania, The United States |
| website |
http://www.tamorapierce.com/ |
| genre |
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Mystery & Thrillers
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| influences |
medieval history, Tolkien, Anne McCaffrey, comics, Star Trek (classic), martial arts, Barbara Hambly, Elizabeth I, samurai culture, Middle East/central Asia, true crime, military history, natural science, animals, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, feminism |
about this author
First of all, though I would love to join groups, I'm going to turn them all down. I just don't have the time to take part, so please don't be offended if I don't join your group or accept an invitation. I'm not snooty--I'm just up to my eyeballs in work and appearances!
Also, don't be alarmed by the number of books I've read. When I get bored, I go through the different lists and rediscover books I've read in the past. It's a very evil way to use up time when I should be doing other things. Obviously, I've read a lot of books in 54 years!
I was born in South Connellsville, PA. My mother wanted to name me "Tamara" but the nurse who filled out my birth certificate misspelled it as "Tamora". When I was 8 my family moved to California, where we lived for 6 years on both sides of the San Francisco peninsula.
I started writing stories in 6th grade. My interest in fantasy and science fiction began when I was introduced to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ by J. R. R. Tolkien and so I started to write the kind of books that I was reading. After my parents divorced, my mother took my sisters and me back to Pennsylvania in 1969. There I went to Albert Gallatin Senior High for 2 years and Uniontown Area Senior High School for my senior year.
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, I wrote the book that became The Song of the Lioness fantasy quartet. I sold some articles and 2 short stories and wrote reviews for a martial arts movie magazine. At last the first book of the quartet, Alanna: The First Adventure was published by Atheneum Books in 1983.
Tim Liebe, who became my Spouse-Creature, and I lived in New York City with assorted cats and two parakeets from 1982 - 2006. In 2006 we moved to Syracuse, New York, where we live now with assorted cats, a number of squirrels, birds, raccoons, skunks, opossums, and woodchucks visiting our very small yard. As of 2009, I will have published 26 books, in addition to a number of short stories, articles, audio books, and a 6-episode comics series, "White Tiger: a Hero's Compulsion," co-written with Tim Liebe.
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