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Diane Duane

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Born

in New York, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Diane Duane has been a writer of science fiction, fantasy, TV and film for more than forty years.

Besides the 1980's creation of the Young Wizards fantasy series for which she's best known, the "Middle Kingdoms" epic fantasy series, and numerous stand-alone fantasy or science fiction novels, her career has included extensive work in the Star Trek TM universe, and many scripts for live-action and animated TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as work in comics and computer games. She has spent a fair amount of time on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has picked up various awards and award nominations here and there.

She lives in County Wicklow, in Ireland, with her husband of more than thirty years, the screenwriter and novel ...more

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	So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 28,354 ratings — published 1983 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep Wizardry (Young Wizards, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 16,812 ratings — published 1985 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wizard Abroad (Young Wizards, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 11,790 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	High Wizardry (Young Wizards, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 11,335 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizard's Dilemma (Young Wizards, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 8,339 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wizard's Holiday (Young Wizards, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 7,250 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wizard Alone (Young Wizards, #6) 4.03 avg rating — 6,794 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wizards at War (Young Wizards, #8) 4.18 avg rating — 5,705 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virtual Vandals (Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers, #1) by Diane Duane (Goodreads Author), Tom Clancy (Series Creator), Steve Pieczenik (Series Creator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,856 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spock's World 4.08 avg rating — 3,663 ratings — published 1988 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Volkhavaar

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Diane Duane said: " I've read a great deal of Tanith's material over the years, and the new works are as delightful as the old... but there are some that I keep coing back to. This is one. The book is as completely and compactly-structured a standalone as a writer could ...more "

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“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
― Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

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“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believing. Once you've changed, other things start to follow. Isn't that the way it works?”
― Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

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“Footsteps in the snow
suggest where you have been,
point to where you were going:
but when they suddenly vanish,
never dismiss the possibility
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