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Steven J. Pemberton

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Born

The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, David Eddings, Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Co ...more

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Steven was born in England in 1970, the son of a librarian and a teacher. It was probably inevitable, therefore, that he would grow up loving books. For much of his childhood, he and his family lived in New Zealand, returning to England in 1981. He now lives in Lancashire with his partner, where he works as a software developer.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 117 ratings · 19 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Death & Magic (The Barefoot Healer #1) 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Plague & Poison (The Barefoot Healer #2) 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 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 Accidental Dragonrider 3.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Escape Velocity liked it 3.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Mirrors of Elangir 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Dust & Water (The Barefoot Healer #3) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Stone & Silence (The Barefoot Healer #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 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 Reluctant Dragonrider really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	Racing the Storm and Other Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The Dragons of Asdanund it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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March's Writing Progress

A day early for once, just because... I added about 8,500 words to Command Authority this month, so it now stands at 155,000 words. I'm closing in on the end (I know I've been saying that for the last six months...)

I recorded some videos of readings from various works -

The Long Way Round, one of the short stories in Racing the Storm and Other Stories (12 minutes)

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Series by Steven J. Pemberton

The Barefoot Healer (4 books)
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Steven J. Pemberton (Goodreads Author)

4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings

The Dragonrider (2 books)
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Steven J. Pemberton (Goodreads Author)

3.33 avg rating — 21 ratings

The Schemes of Raltarn & Tomaz (1 book)
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3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings

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Steven J. Pemberton wrote a new blog post March's Writing Progress A day early for once, just because... I added about 8,500 words to Command Authority this month, so it now stands at 155,000 words. I'm closing in on Read more of this blog post »
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Steven Pemberton rated a book really liked it The Reluctant Cuckoo by Joe Blower	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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Steven Pemberton rated a book really liked it The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)	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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Steven Pemberton liked Terry Odell's blog post: Back to Normal? "Back to Normal?It’s been a week since Left Coast Crime. I’d like to say life has returned to normal, but that would mean defining what “normal” means around here. Let’s just say I’m hitting some of my writing-related routines again. I’ve started b..." Read more of this blog post »
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Steven Pemberton rated a book really liked it The Moons of Barsk (Barsk, #2) by Lawrence M. Schoen (Goodreads Author)	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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Steven Pemberton has read A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole	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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Steven Pemberton rated a book it was amazing Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story by K.M. Weiland (Goodreads Author)	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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Steven Pemberton rated a book really liked it Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine by Anna Della Subin	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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Steven’s Quotes

“I can't understand why a person will take a year or two to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.”
― Fred Allen

tags: humor

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“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening, and Selected Stories

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“Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.”
― Evelyn Waugh

tags: punctuality

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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