“This week’s theme is: fun facts about authors.”
Which gives me an opportunity to pimp my absolute favorite author, Patricia A. McKillip. Yes, I will keep on singing her praises, because she is a genius. Multiple-award winning fantasy author Patricia A. McKillip:
- Was born on on Leap Year, February 29th, 1948.
- Has won prestigious awards, including the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.
- She lives in Oregon.
- For awhile she thought she’d be a concert pianist, and she still plays the piano for pleasure.
- She started writing at age 14—”In a fit of boredom one day when she was fourteen, she sat down in front of a window overlooking a stately medieval church and its graveyard and produced a thirty-page fairy tale.”
- When she received the 1975 World Fantasy Award (which looks like the head of H.P. Lovecraft), her reaction was, “What the #@*!!$ is this?”
- She enjoys and is knowledgeable about cooking.
(The above trivia was all uncovered at this Patricia A. McKillip fan page.)
Some of my favorite McKillip covers:
Ah, I really need to add one of her books to my pile! I’ve heard wonderful things.
You should! She’s fantastic. I’d especially recommend The Bell at Sealey Head, Song For the Basilisk, and The Book of Atrix Wolfe. Ombria in Shadow is a big favorite with her readers as well.
Thank you for the introduction..
I just read through Juliet Marillier stuff and I am looking for a decent authors work to work through…
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