Roderick Townley

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Roderick Townley


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June 07, 1942

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Roderick Townley is an American author of juvenile, young adult, and adult books, including books of poetry, nonfiction, and literary criticism. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and was for many years a poet and fiction writer, and for a time lived in New York City and wrote for TV Guide, The Village Voice and other publications. In 2001, he began the Sylvie Cycle, a metafictional series about the spunky, fictional Princess Sylvie who lives her life in a book.

Average rating: 3.83 · 4,120 ratings · 613 reviews · 18 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Great Good Thing (The S...

3.95 avg rating — 2,781 ratings — published 2001
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The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Th...

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Into the Labyrinth (The Syl...

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3.62 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
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The Door in the Forest

3.56 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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The Red Thread

3.44 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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The Constellation of Sylvie...

3.61 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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A Bitter Magic

3.82 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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Sky

3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
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Night Errands: How Poets Us...

3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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Mozart's Pigtail

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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“There is all the difference in the world between treasure and money.”
Roderick Townley, The Great Good Thing

“Sylvie had an amazing life, but she didn't get to live it very often.”
Roderick Townley, The Great Good Thing

“The sun shines. Readers read.”
Roderick Townley, The Great Good Thing



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