Patricia Wrede

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Pat Wrede
Pat Wrede

Patricia Collins Wrede is an American fantasy writer, born 1953 in Chicago, Illinois; she is the eldest of five children.

She graduated from Carleton College in 1974 with a BA in Biology. She married James Wrede in 1976; they divorced in 1991. She obtained an MBA from University of Minnesota in 1977. She finished her first book in 1978, working as an accountant and financial analyst in the meantime. In January 1980 she was a founding member of The Scribblies who also included Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, and Nate Bucklin. Kara Dalkey joined two years later. Patricia left the group in 1985. She sold her first book to Ace in April 1980 and it was published in 1982. In the fall of 1980, she met Lillian Stewart Carl who introduced her to Lois McMaster Bujold. In 1985, shortly before her fifth book was published, she became a full-time writer. She is a member of the Liavek shared-world anthology.

She is a vegetarian and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her three cats. She has no children of her own, but has four nieces and four nephews (three in Alabama, three in Illinois, and two in Maine).

Contents

[edit] Books

[edit] Lyra

These books share a common setting on a world named Lyra, and are listed here in chronological order rather than by publication. As the books are only loosely connected, they may be read in any order, though order of publication is probably preferable.

  1. Caught in Crystal (1987)
  2. The Raven Ring (1994)
  3. Shadow Magic (1982)
  4. Daughter of Witches (1984)
  5. The Harp of Imach Thyssel (1985)
  • Shadows over Lyra (omnibus edition including the first three Lyra novels published) (1997)

The omnibus edition of Shadow Magic is a revised one; the writing is significantly different from that in the original, and reflects her greater experience as a writer. It seems that Patricia Wrede rewrote the story for the omnibus, but this is not actually noted anywhere in the book itself.

[edit] The Enchanted Forest Chronicles

This series features Princess Cimorene, as she becomes a dragon's princess, rescues said dragon, falls in love, and ultimately saves the enchanted forest. It is usually marketed for young adults. The fourth book (told from the perspective of Cimorene's son, Daystar) was published first, but is considered to properly go last in the series.

  1. Dealing with Dragons (1990)
  2. Searching for Dragons (1991)
  3. Calling on Dragons (1993)
  4. Talking To Dragons (1985)

[edit] Regency fantasy

Two loosely-connected series of books set in a Regency-era world with magic.

[edit] Cecelia and Kate

with Caroline Stevermer

The authors tell these stories from the first-person perspectives of cousins Kate and Cecelia (and, in the third book, two additional characters), who recount their adventures in magic and polite society. These works are unusual in modern fiction in being epistolary novels, written using the style of the letter game.

  1. Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country (1988, reprinted 2003)
  2. The Grand Tour or The Purloined Coronation Regalia: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality (2004)
  3. The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm (2006)

[edit] Magic and Malice

"Mairelon" is a gentleman wizard with unusual talents, and Kim is his street waif protégé. Together, they foil plots and generally get into trouble.

  1. Mairelon the Magician (1991)
  2. The Magician's Ward (1997)

[edit] Others

  • The Seven Towers (1984)
  • Snow White and Rose Red (1989)
  • Book of Enchantments (1996)
  • Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Jr. Novelization) (1999)
  • Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Jr. Novelization) (2002)
  • Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Jr. Novelization) (2005)

Book of Enchantments is a short story collection. The final story, "Utensile Strength", features the Frying Pan of Doom and characters from the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. An earlier story "The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn" is also set in the Enchanted Forest. "The Sword-Seller" is set in the Witch World universe created by Andre Norton, while "Rikiki and the Wizard" is set in the Liavek universe. "Stronger than Time", "Cruel Sisters" and "The Lorelei" give alternate versions of, or approaches to fairy tales or folk stories.

Snow White and Rose Red is also a fairytale fantasy, being a retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Snow White and Rose Red" (not "Snow White") set in Elizabethan England and including elements of the Thomas the Rhymer ballad as well.

[edit] Trivia

  • "Cruel Sisters" is based off on a folk song, a variant of The Twa Sisters, that she once heard performed by Loreena McKennitt as The Bonny Swans. McKennitt's change to a particular line ("and he had daughters, one, two three...") inspired Wrede to write the story from the third daughter's point of view.

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