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Patricia Collins Wrede was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the eldest of five children. She started writing in seventh grade. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota, where she majored in Biology and managed to avoid taking any English courses at all. She began work on her first novel, Shadow Magic, just after graduating from college in 1974. She finished it five years later and started her second book at once, having become permanently hooked on writing by this time.

Patricia received her M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1977.
She worked for several years as a financial analyst and accountant, first with the Minnesota Hospital Association, then with B. Dalton Booksellers, and finally at the Dayton Hudson Corporation headquarter ...more

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	Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author), Peter de Sève (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 88,742 ratings — published 1990 — 38 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
	Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #2) by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author), Peter de Sève (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 43,032 ratings — published 1991 — 30 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
	Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #3) by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author), Peter de Sève (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 41,926 ratings — published 1993 — 26 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
	Talking to Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #4) by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author), Peter de Sève (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 35,136 ratings — published 1985 — 27 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
	Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author), Caroline Stevermer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 19,721 ratings — published 1988 — 20 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 Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1-4) 4.49 avg rating — 10,396 ratings — published 1990 — 11 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
	Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 11,603 ratings — published 2009 — 7 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
	Mairelon the Magician (Mairelon, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,824 ratings — published 1991 — 9 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
	Magician's Ward (Mairelon, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 7,693 ratings — published 1997 — 11 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
	Snow White and Rose Red 3.76 avg rating — 8,458 ratings — published 1989 — 11 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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“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.” – Helmuth von Moltk

People in general do not do things completely at random. There may not be much conscious, deliberate planning involved in stumbling out of bed in the morning and getting the coffee or tea started, but the intention of getting hold of a caffeinated drink ASAP is unmistakably present. The process of going to the garage, startin

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Patricia Wrede answered Jennie's question: While reading "The Thirteenth Child" I was reminded of the family in Gene Stratton-Porter's "Laddie" in many ways. Did you receive any inspiration from that book while writing about Eff and her family? No. I vaguely remember reading most of Gene Stratton-Porter's books about forty years ago, but they weren't fresh in my mind and I didn't reread them while I was writing "Thirteenth Child." I remember the books chiefly because my mother was the eight See Full Answer
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Patricia Wrede answered Brandy's question: Are you going to write more in your Frontier Magic series? Probably not - there isn't a lot of publisher interest at the moment, and I've moved on to other things.
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“Well,” said the frog, “what are you going to do about it?”

“Marrying Therandil? I don’t know. I’ve tried talking to my parents, but they won’t listen, and neither will Therandil.”

“I didn’t ask what you’d said about it,” the frog snapped. “I asked what you’re going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

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“Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

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“The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-"
"Did you have to get him started?" Cimorene asked reproachfully.”
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