I've read it so many times through the years, the pages eventually started to fall off. It took me half an afternoon to finish it and, once I was done, I immediately went and reread it, skipping homework and totally forgetting about the world outside. This is the book that made me fall in love with reading, the very first one I bought with my own savings, more than 10 years ago. Whenever I think about this novel, I feel at home. What a dull place the world would be if all the mysteries in it were solved.

Love between family members is also important in McKillip's writing, although members of her families often disagree. Many of her characters aren't even sure of their own ancestry. Her writing usually puts her characters in situations involving mysterious powers that they don't understand. There are forests, castles, and lords or kings, minstrels, tinkers and wizards. McKillip's stories usually take place in a setting similar to the Middle Ages. She is married to David Lunde, a poet.Īccording to Fantasy Book Review, Patricia McKillip grew up in Oregon, England, and Germany, and received a Bachelor of Arts (English) in 1971 and a Master of Arts in 1973 from San Jose State University. Most of her recent novels have cover paintings by Kinuko Y.

She is a past winner of the World Fantasy Award and Locus Award, and she lives in Oregon. Patricia Anne McKillip was an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels, distinguished by lyrical, delicate prose and careful attention to detail and characterization.

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