Melanie Rawn

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http://www.melanierawn.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Melanie Rawn received a BA in history from Scripps College and worked as a teacher and editor before becoming a writer.

She has been nominated for a Locus award on three separate occasions: in 1989 for Dragon Prince (in the first novel category), in 1994 for Skybowl (in the fantasy novel category), and again in 1995 for Ruins of Ambrai (in the fantasy novel category).

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Books by Melanie Rawn

Average rating: 3.94 · 25,576 ratings · 671 reviews · 31 distinct works

	Dragon Prince (Dragon Prince, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 4,322 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Stronghold (Dragon Star, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,982 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Star Scroll (Dragon Prince, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 2,937 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Skybowl (Dragon Star, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 2,773 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Ruins of Ambrai (Exiles, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 2,734 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Sunrunner's Fire (Dragon Prince, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 2,524 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Mageborn Traitor (Exiles, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 2,079 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Dragon Token (Dragon Star, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,929 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Kate Elliott (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 1,190 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Spellbinder (Spellbinder, #1) 2.95 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by Melanie Rawn

Dragon Prince (3 books)
by Melanie Rawn

3.97 avg rating — 9,822 ratings

Dragon Star (3 books)
by Melanie Rawn

3.99 avg rating — 7,678 ratings

Drachenprinz (6 books)
by Melanie Rawn

4.00 avg rating — 5,460 ratings

Exiles (3 books)
by Melanie Rawn

4.04 avg rating — 4,882 ratings

Spellbinder (2 books)
by Melanie Rawn

2.98 avg rating — 666 ratings

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Quotes by Melanie Rawn

“Nothing is written stone, child. Even if it were, the stones can be shattered”
― Melanie Rawn, Dragon Prince

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“Affection isn't so plentiful in this life that any of us can afford to reject it when it's offered, whatever its source.”
― Melanie Rawn, The Star Scroll

6 people liked it

“Rohan, if being a hero is having the courage to resist using power arbitrarily, then you are a hero, beloved.”
― Melanie Rawn, The Star Scroll

tags: inspirational

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Polls

NOVEMBER FANTASY: This poll determines which two books move on to the run-off poll for our November Fantasy Book of the Month!

City of Bones by Martha Wells

17 votes, 15.7%

The Magician King by Lev Grossman

14 votes, 13.0%

Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht

14 votes, 13.0%

The Briar King by Greg Keyes

13 votes, 12.0%

The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe

11 votes, 10.2%

The Etched City by K.J. Bishop

9 votes, 8.3%

The Dragon Waiting : A Masque of History by John M. Ford

9 votes, 8.3%

Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn

8 votes, 7.4%

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood

8 votes, 7.4%

Viriconium by M. John Harrison

5 votes, 4.6%

108 total votes

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