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The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1-4)

by Patricia C. Wrede

4.47 · Rating details · 8,602 Ratings · 381 Reviews

Collected together for the first time are Patricia C. Wrede's hilarious adventure stories about Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper. Every one of Cimorene's adventures is included in its paperback edition--"Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, " and "Talking to Dragons"--in one handsome package that's perfect for gift giving.

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Published July 1st 2003 by Hmh Books for Young Readers (first published 1990)

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Mar 22, 2008 Werner rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: All fans of humorous fantasy

Shelves: fantasy, books-barb-owns

This series is absolutely one of the fantasy genre's treasures! It's wonderfully light-hearted and humorous; the author revels in puncturing any number of fairy-tale conventions. Princess Cimorene, for instance, isn't kidnapped and enslaved by a dragon --she voluntarily becomes housekeeper for the Dragon King to escape an arranged marriage. (And the draconian king is female; dragons use that title for monarchs of either gender to keep things "simple.") But though her main characters often don't ...more

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May 24, 2007 Tortla rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: people who like fairy tales and witty little stories

Shelves: dragons, dragony-dragons

Only just recently, it has come to my attention that the final book in this series was actually written FIRST. THIS BLEW MY MIND. The final book ties everything together so very neatly...Goodness gracious my perception of the world is crumbling around my widdle ears. OK so, these books are all really good aside from the whole my not being aware of the chronology of the publication and whatnot. They're all dragony and delicious. And also, it's like one giant fairy tale of awesome. Also, there are ...more

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Oct 01, 2007 Echo rated it it was amazing

Shelves: youngadult, fantasy

This is some of the best young adult fantasy out there, especially if you like some humor in your fantasy. In the first book, the main character gets fed up with her life as a princess. When she tries to learn to fence, she's told it's unladylike, so she has to stop. When she tries to coook, she's told it's unladylike, so she has to stop. So, we begin the story with the main character running away to find a dragon to live with. She does find one, and she spends much of the book making cherries j ...more

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Jan 02, 2008 Laurie rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: fantasy lovers

Shelves: kid-stuff, fantasy, teen

This is a series for people who like fantasy with a dash of humor and a strong female heroine who is perfectly willing to tell the slightly stupid handsome prince he can kindly throw himself off a cliff. Add some dragons, a few wicked wizard, one very forward thinking witch, a floating blue donkey with a 6-foot wing span, and an entire kindgom made of magical threads and you might begin to understand the stories. Wrede has a way of pulling in a few old fairy tale favorites while forging a story ...more

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Aug 20, 2010 Dawn rated it really liked it

I recently finished reading these books with my ten year old daughter. I read them years ago, so I didn't remember much plot, just that they are fun fantasy. And they are--light and witty, funny, creative, and strong female characters. I didn't like the last book as well. It didn't seem as well written and I missed Cimorene as a main character. But it was needed to finish the story. It was fun to enjoy the books together. We no longer have much of an oral tradition in our society, so it's easy t ...more

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Oct 04, 2007 Michelle rated it liked it

So I was waiting for my latest book club's choice to arrive in the mail, and knowing that it was a serious choice this month, I decided to relive some young adult books that used to be great favorites of mine. I own a very ratty hardcover copy of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, but recently purchased the newly released paperbacks in a box set. Perfect time to read them.

These vary in how much I like them. The first one I've read more than the rest, and do like a lot. It features a feisty prince ...more

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Aug 01, 2008 Chelsea rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, favorite-childrens-books, female-authors

I never read Harry Potter or the Lord of the Rings, or the Chronicles of Narnia, I read The Enchanted Forest Chronicles. And to this day I haven't been able to figure out why these adventure stories aren't films already. Very fun.

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Sep 14, 2011 Katie rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, my-childhood

Okay, time for a Nostalgia Review!

Recently somewhere on the depths of the internet I came across a list of "badass women of fantasy" or something like that, and Cimorene from this series was on there. And I was like, I remember her! She was awesome! And I was possessed by a sudden desire to reread these books because I hate doing things that I need to do. So that's what I did! Each book is only about 100 - 200 pages long, and it took me around 3 hours to read each one. Unsurprising, given the ta Okay, time for a Nostalgia Review!

Recently somewhere on the depths of the internet I came across a list of "badass women of fantasy" or something like that, and Cimorene from this series was on there. And I was like, I remember her! She was awesome! And I was possessed by a sudden desire to reread these books because I hate doing things that I need to do. So that's what I did! Each book is only about 100 - 200 pages long, and it took me around 3 hours to read each one. Unsurprising, given the target audience is like 7 - 11 year-olds, but still.

If you're not familiar with the plot, it goes like this:

Cimorene doesn't look like the typical princess. Instead of being a delicate flower with blonde hair and blues eyes, she is tall and strong with black eyes and long black hair that she likes to wear in braids. She doesn't have princess-approved interests, either: swordplay, cooking, Latin, politics, and magic, among others. When her parents decide to solve the problem by marrying her off to an air-headed prince, she decides to run away and ends up working for a dragon. The first book takes off from here, focusing on Cimorene with the dragons and their fight against some evil wizards. The following books really expand the world and focus a bit more on the nearby Enchanted Forest and its king, Mendanbar, who certainly has one of the greatest names in fantasy literature.

These books are utterly charming. They're basically fantasy/fairy-tale satire for children, which is a concept I can get behind 100 %. Looking back, I can understand quite easily how reading them (and I read each several times in my youth) influenced both my sense of humor and my opinions about fantasy. There is definitely an emphasis on practicality and doing things for yourself, which is quite nice. A funny thing about the first book is that Cimorene runs away to escape from oppressive female stereotypes, but she ends up spending all her time cooking and cleaning for a dragon. At first glance that may seem a bit backward, but does organizing the library count as anti-feminist when it includes translating Latin and dealing with murderous genies? I don't think so, and certainly the whole point is that Cimorene is capable of taking care of herself and thinking outside the paradigm of "what's proper," which for princesses does not include getting dirty or cooking. On that level, I think these books are especially great for young girls to read because Cimorene is a wonderful role model. She's smart, determined, practical, and a bit of a badass.

The second book is my favorite, and it introduces us to Mendanbar, who as I mentioned previous is fairly awesome. He's Cimorene's badass male counterpart, basically. In this book, the rules of magic are fleshed out much more, and Mendanbar in particular gets a very interesting way of doing things. Telemain, a magician, speaks almost entirely in magical technobabble, which I found moderately humorous. Most of what he says makes at least some sense if you read it, but I kind of doubt I did anything other than skim it when I was younger. Anyway, I appreciated the way magical things (more or less) made sense from kind of a psudeo-scientific standpoint.

As might be expected, the plots are not too complex. Chekov's Gun is in full force for most plot points, which is fine. The way the heroes stumble upon a critical plot device is lampshaded beautifully in the last book. The villains in particular are rather weak, being little other than cackling stereotype evil wizards who aren't given motivations for their actions other than "we're greedy and evil!" They're also mostly ineffectual and not very threatening. I wouldn't exactly call our heroes round characters either, because they're honestly not. They are, however, interesting ideas and they certainly grab your attention. In my opinion, that's one of the strengths of this series. It's the kind of story that grabs your imagination (it certainly did mine when I was little) and makes you feel like you know a lot more about the characters than is actually written down in the book. The concepts are so fun you wish there was more, that you could really get to know the characters better. The other strength, of course, is that it's quite funny in a gently whimsical manner. The self-awareness of the characters of what happens in a fairy tale is pretty much the whole point.

I definitely thought the first two books were the strongest, and the third the weakess, but I highly recommend this series, especially for young girls. ...more

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Jun 22, 2011 Tara Montgomery rated it it was amazing

I loved these books in grade school and I love them still. The author does a great job of making fun of what is considered a typical fairytale. Princesses take classes on how to scream correctly when a dragon carries them off & knights are constantly trying to find a damsel in distress to rescue (even if they don't wish to be).

Dealing with Dragons

Princess Cimorene of the kingdom of Linderwall decides that being a princess is too boring and confining, leaves home to work for the dragon Kazul, ...more

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Sep 10, 2012 Julia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

I rediscovered the first volume, Dealing with Dragons, which I really enjoyed when I was a kid, and after a short online search, found out it was part of a series and ordered the whole box off amazon.
After having read through the latter three books in one week now, I am ready to give my verdict.
At 23, I am probably a little too old for this, but I still thoroughly enjoyed the books and plan on reading them to my future children.
The wacky and whimsical wit paired with the believable characters, ...more

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Jul 31, 2013 Kaethe rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dragons

I added this box to my list, to have a mark of the whole set. But I was thinking, just recently, that it is time to reread the whole thing.

I think the girls have all of them on their shelves, but I'd better check.

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Jun 01, 2008 Julia rated it really liked it

i loved these books!!!!! you don't have to read the first one to understand the second or third or fourth one. they are hilarious books with a lot of magic in them. they aren't that serious, but that is what makes them fun to read!!!!!

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Jan 10, 2012 Sara rated it really liked it

This series is great. I've read it a few times even as an adult. :)

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Mar 23, 2008 Sarah Kelsey rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

These are fun to read. I really like the central character in the first book. She's the princess who doesn't want to get married. LOVE that! This is a nice modern fairy tale series.

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Oct 02, 2010 Jamie Rose rated it really liked it

I read these books in junior high and I remember really loving them. I think they really opened me up to my love for fantasy novels.

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Sep 11, 2017 B. A. Bunner rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, young-adult

I just love this series. Patricia has such an imaginative way of giving shape to magic. Fire magic, Enchanted Forest magic, dragon magic, and wizard magic--each with their own presence. I also love how each book in the four-part series is written from the perspective of a different person. I have series that I'm working on where I might actually try the same approach...
Patricia's other books on magic (Mairelon the Magician and The Magician's Ward, respectively) have an even different shape to it ...more

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Dec 31, 2016 Susan rated it it was amazing

This is an omnibus containing all 4 of the dragon stories:

Dealing With Dragons
Cimorene runs away because she is bored with with the sort of things a princess is expected to learn, and her parents stop her from learning the interesting things like magic and fencing and cooking. Also she doesn't want to marry the boring prince selected for her. She finds herself in a group of dragons and is adopted by Kazul, becoming the dragon's princess voluntarily. She and Kazul get along very well, but the v This is an omnibus containing all 4 of the dragon stories:

Dealing With Dragons
Cimorene runs away because she is bored with with the sort of things a princess is expected to learn, and her parents stop her from learning the interesting things like magic and fencing and cooking. Also she doesn't want to marry the boring prince selected for her. She finds herself in a group of dragons and is adopted by Kazul, becoming the dragon's princess voluntarily. She and Kazul get along very well, but the various knights and princes who come to rescue her cannot understand why she drives them away. She makes friends with another dragon's captured princess. This first book deals with her living with Kazul and fighting the machinations of the wizard Zemenar and his inept son Antorell. When the King of the dragons is killed, the wizards join forces with an overly-ambitious dragon to cheat in the dragon trials that determine the new king; and Cimorene and her friends must try to stop them.

Searching for Dragons
This book introduces Mendenbar, the King of the Enchanted Forest. When Kazul disappears, Cimorene goes in search of her, with Mendenbar's and Morwen's help. They meet Telemain the magician, a friend of Morwen's, and he goes along too. They find Kazul imprisoned in a magic bubble by the wizards. In the end, Willin the elf, Mendenbar's factotum at the castle, finally gets to organize a major occasion, as he has longed to do.

Calling on Dragons
Morwen has been having problems with Arona Vamist, an obnoxious person who thinks all magic (including witches) should always be "traditional" and who disapproves of all of Morwen's cats because none of them are traditionally black. The various cats play a large role in this book. When they find a six-foot rabbit named Killer in her back yard, her troubles increase. The rabbit is always hungry, which is how he got enchanted in the first place. Then Morwen discovers signs that there is a wizard loose in the Enchanted Forest, so she and Telemain go to visit the King and Queen and discover that the King's magic sword, which protects the forest's magic, has been stolen. Cimorene goes with them to retrieve it, much to Mendenbar's dismay. Eventually, the wizards manage to take over the castle and imprison Mendenbar, and it is up to Cimorene to keep the sword safe. The various transformations that Killer goes through from always eating the wrong thing add a lot of humor to the story!

Talking to Dragons
Cimorene gives her teenage son Daystar a sword and sends him into the Enchanted Forest, with little instruction other than what she has given him while raising him. He is to discover the reason for all this by himself. He meets a fire witch, Shiara, and they travel together and have many adventures, including meeting a young dragon who insists on going with them. Morwen tells them they must find Kazul to get more information. When they finally find Kazul, it is on the eve of a battle between dragons and wizards outside the castle of the imprisoned king, which is now in a bubble similar to that which imprisoned Kazul earlier. It now has another bubble outside it, erected by the dragons to keep the wizards from getting back into the castle. Daystar and Shiara must enter the castle to find the imprisoned king and rescue him while the dragons fight the wizards outside. A very exciting conclusion to a thoroughly enjoyable series of books! ...more

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Jul 07, 2017 Ashleigh Cartmill rated it it was amazing

This book is the kind of book I wish I could go back and hand to my nine-year-old self so she could grow up loving it. It has been instantly added to my list of all time favorite books because it is FANTASTIC! The characters are extremely likable and practical and just awesome. It makes you root for everyone except the bad guys and you always want them to fail. I also love how a lot of the worldbuilding is based on classic fairytale tropes and brief descriptions. Cimorene is the princess we all ...more

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Jul 08, 2017 Julie Stegelmann rated it it was amazing

Great series featuring an independent and fun heroine, that I first read when I was 12. An easy re-read now, but still fun and brought back memories- nice to know it's still out there as a book featuring a female heroine who will accept help from others but doesn't need rescuing- the other characters are all unique and funny, too.

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Jun 09, 2017 Rebecca McChesney rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I found my old friend

I originally read Dealing With Dragons when I was in 4th or 5th grade, and it has always been one of my favorites. When I found out that not only was it part of a series, but that it was available as a boxed set, I had to read it immediately. This set will always hold a special place in my heart, and I look forward to reading it again many times.

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Oct 17, 2017 Elisabeth Kauffman rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I wish the fourth book's protagonist had been a girl instead of a boy. It would have made the whole thing just a fraction more enjoyable. Overall I appreciated the stories and the spunky female characters within them.

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Aug 14, 2017 Jean rated it really liked it

Great young adult collection with feisty powerful women turning the damsel in distress paradigm on its head.

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Oct 03, 2017 Zazelofrori rated it really liked it

a cute set of books, it incorporates fairy tales

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Jul 15, 2017 Shobhana Stoyanov rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Very cute. Light, funny and well written.

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Apr 30, 2011 Ea Solinas rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

Fairy tales and high fantasy have their own tropes -- wizards, witches, princesses, dragons and princes coming to the rescue of damsels.

But none of them will ever look quite the same after reading Patricia C. Wrede's "The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Dealing with Dragons / Searching for Dragons / Calling on Dragons / Talking to Dragons," bringing together four charming little fantasy stories. Wrede cleverly pokes fun at all the things you've come to expect from princess tales, including the now- Fairy tales and high fantasy have their own tropes -- wizards, witches, princesses, dragons and princes coming to the rescue of damsels.

But none of them will ever look quite the same after reading Patricia C. Wrede's "The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Dealing with Dragons / Searching for Dragons / Calling on Dragons / Talking to Dragons," bringing together four charming little fantasy stories. Wrede cleverly pokes fun at all the things you've come to expect from princess tales, including the now-cliched rebellious princess trope.

"Dealing with Dragons" introduces Princess Cimorene, youngest daughter of the king of Linderwall. Like most medieval tomboys, Cimorene is considered rough, unseemly and stubborn -- she wants to fight with swords and learn magic. On the advice from a magic frog, she goes out in search of a dragon to be housekeeper for. But when she's not sending away valiant knights, she's dealing with some very troublesome wizards.

"Searching For Dragons" picks up when the dragon Kazul goes mysteriously missing. Cimorene is, unsurprisingly, very concerned about this and wants to find her. Enter Mendanbar, a young king as unconventional as Cimorene -- not to mention in need of a wife. But even though he goes along to find Kazul, with wizards and laughter all around, he'll find that he's much more interested in Cimorene.

"Calling on Dragons" skips ahead to when Cimorene and Mendanbar are mrried, and Queen Cimorene is pregnant. All is right, right? Wrong. Magic is vanishing in the Enchanted Forest; the king's sword has been stolen. To combat the troublesome wizards, Morwen the witch teams up with Cimorene, Kazul, Telemain the Magician, and a rabbit called Killer.

"Talking to Dragons" skips ahead even further, to when Daystar is sent off by his mom Cimorene with only a magic sword. Poor kid -- he has to help King Mendanbar escape from an evil wizard's spell, without knowing that Mendanbar is his father. He teams up with a hot-tempered firewitch, Shiara, a dragon, a lizard, and a rather annoying princess. Can Daystar clue in before all is lost?

One of the best things about "The Enchanted Forest Chronicles" is that it is a pretty decent high fantasy story -- the first book is easily the most enchanting, but the three sequels are also still pretty amusing. But while telling its own story, it's gently poking fun at the sort of things you find in these sorts of stories -- princesses, dragons, fairy godmothers and magical swords -- and how they're typically used.

And Wrede's writing matches this plot nicely -- quirky and clever, with a slightly British bent ("Oh bother!") and plenty of humorous dialogue ("If they'd simply done what they were told, they wouldn't be here." "Still, turning them into slabs of stone forever seems a little extreme"). Perhaps the biggest problem with the series is that the third book is rather weak at times, and the dragons are somewhat less prominent in the fourth.

Since the Rebellious Princess is pretty standard now, it's fun to see one that doesn't whine much, even if she likes all sorts of things that aren't princessy (magic, fencing, cooking cherries jubilee). So her sensible approach to getting her own freedom is quite delightful, especially since it shows that she doesn't need a man. She has one, though -- and Mendanbar is a good love interest, quirky and pleasant enough. There's also a solid backing cast, including Cimorene's son in the fourth book, the cat-keeping witch Morwen, and the friendly dragon Kazul.

Fractured fairy tales, dragon politics and melting wizards can all be found in "The Enchanted Forest Chronicles," a charming little quartet of quirky fantasy books.
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Mar 27, 2014 Rachel Barnard rated it really liked it

This series was one of my favorites growing up. I loved how Cimorene was a princess who was strong and stubborn and had wonderful adventures. I loved the enchanting characters and settings. I loved the way it was written.

Re-reading this series as an adult I have a new perspective. It is still a lovely read and I still adore Cimorene however I was given the impression that the consequences didn't matter and any characters could do whatever they wanted within their defined roles. The characters w ...more

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Sep 13, 2007 Debbie rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: fantasy lovers

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult-lit

The four books in this witty, imaginative fantasy / adventure series follow the adventures of Cimorene, a princess who refuses to be proper.

In Dealing with Dragons, Princess Cimorene, a tomboy who is nothing like her beautiful and proper sisters, runs away to live with a dragon. It is hard for her to get any work done, however, because princes keep coming to rescue her, even though she insists that she does not need to be rescued. And then there are the annoying wizards trying to steal magic...

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Jan 20, 2015 Lissette rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

(Book 1) In the kingdom of Linderwall, princesses do not learn Latin. They do not learn magic. And they certainly don’t learn how to wield a sword. (It is most improper.) But Princess Cimorene is not the kingdom’s most proper princess. She wants more out of life than to learn the best way to bat her eyes or how loudly to scream when being abducted by giants. So when she finds out that she has just been betrothed to the world’s dullest prince, she does the only thing she can think out: she turns ...more

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Oct 02, 2015 Amanda (Highlights And Hot Chocolate) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-read-growing-up, fantasy

Cimorene is not your average princess. Her hair isn't blond and she doesn't swoon at the sight of handsome princes, and she certainly doesn't sew, or dance, or sing, or any of the other hundred things a princess is supposed to do. So she runs away and volunteers to be a dragon's princess. Her parents are appalled. Her fiance is confused. Cimorene couldn't be happier. Until the wizards show up of course. Then Cimorene's life gets so complicated that she gets exhausted just trying to explain it to ...more

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About Patricia C. Wrede

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 se 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 headquarters.

Patricia finished her first novel in late 1978. In January, 1980, Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, and Patricia Wrede -- all, at that point, hopeful but unpublished -- formed the writer's group that later became known as "The Scribblies." In April of 1980, Patricia's first novel sold to Ace Books. It came out at last in 1982, which is the year she met Lillian Stewart Carl (who introduced her to Lois McMaster Bujold by mail).

In 1985, shortly before the publication of her fifth book, she left the world of the gainfully employed to try winging it on her own.

Her interests include sewing, embroidery, desultory attempts at gardening, chocolate, not mowing the lawn, High Tea, and, of course, reading.
She is a vegetarian, and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her cats, Merlin, Brisen, and Nimue. She has no children, but as of this writing, she does have four nieces and four nephews ranging in age from seven months to twelve years old and in geographical location from Maine to Alabama.
She has published twelve and a half books:
Shadow Magic, Daughter of Witches, The Seven Towers, Talking to Dragons, The Harp of Imach Thyssel, Caught in Crystal, Snow White and Rose Red, Dealing with Dragons, Mairelon the Magician, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, The Raven Ring, and a collaboration with fellow Minneapolis author Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia, as well as a collection of short stories titled Book of Enchantments. She is also part of the Liavek shared-world anthology. ...more

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