Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick Rothfuss
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Genres Fantasy
Notable work(s) The Name of the Wind (2007)
The Wise Man's Fear (2011)
Notable award(s) Quill Award (2007)
www.patrickrothfuss.com

Patrick James Rothfuss (born June 6, 1973) is an American fantasy writer and college lecturer. He is the author of the projected three-volume series The Kingkiller Chronicle.

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Biography

Patrick Rothfuss was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1999. He contributed to The Pointer, the campus paper[5] and produced a widely circulated parodic warning about the Goodtimes Virus. [6]

He graduated in 1999, received an MA at Washington State University, and returned to teach at Stevens Point.[7] In 2002 he won the Writers of the Future 2002 Second Quarter competition with The Road to Levinshir, an excerpt from his novel.[8] Rothfuss subsequently sold the novel to DAW Books.

Bibliography

The Kingkiller Chronicle
Other works

Awards and honors

  1. #1 The New York Times Best Seller
  2. Writers of the Future (2002 Second Quarter) [8]
  3. Quill Award (2007)[11]
  4. "Best Books of the Year" (2007) - Publishers Weekly - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror[12]

References

  1. ^ Grilo, Ana (April 24, 2009). "Patrick Rothfuss loves me!!!!". thebooksmugglers.com. http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/patrick-rothfuss-loves-me.html. Retrieved 2011-07-17. 
  2. ^ Larry (June 12, 2007). "Interview with Patrick Rothfuss, Part II". ofblog.blogspot.com/. The OF Blog. http://ofblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-patrick-rothfuss-part-ii.html. Retrieved 2011-07-17. 
  3. ^ Thompson, Robert (March 25, 2007). "Interview with Patrick Rothfuss". fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com. http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2007/03/interview-with-patrick-rothfuss.html. Retrieved 2011-07-17. 
  4. ^ a b H. Bedford, Rob; St-Denis, Patrick (March 26, 2007). "Interview with Patrick Rothfuss". sffworld.com. http://www.sffworld.com/interview/224p1.html. Retrieved 2011-07-17. 
  5. ^ Rothfuss, Patrick (May 8, 2008). "Your College Survival Guide: The End". The Pointer (University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point). http://pointeronline.uwsp.edu/May082008/LettersAndOpinion/YourCollegeSurvival.aspx. Retrieved June 12, 2009. 
  6. ^ "Legend/AntiLegend: Humor as an Integral Part of the Contemporary Legend Process," in Rumor Mills: The Social Impact of Rumor and Legend, ed. Gary Alan Fine, Veronique Campion-Vincent, and Chip Heath, pp. 131-33. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. ISBN 0202307470.
  7. ^ Rothfuss, Patrick (2007). "Bio". Patrick Rothfuss official website. http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/author.asp. Retrieved September 1, 2008. 
  8. ^ a b "2002". Writers of the Future Contest Winners. Author Services, Inc.. 2007. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080501101544/http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards.htm#2002. Retrieved September 2, 2008. 
  9. ^ Rothfuss, Patrick (April 18, 2010). "I said I’d tell you when I knew...". blog.patrickrothfuss.com. http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/04/i-said-id-tell-you-when-i-knew/. Retrieved April 28, 2010. 
  10. ^ "The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle". catalog. Subterranean Press. http://www.subterraneanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=rothfuss01&Category_Code=PRE&Product_Count=23. 
  11. ^ "UWSP lecturer honored at 2007 Quill Awards" (Press release). University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. October 26, 2007. Archived from the original on 2009. http://www.uwsp.edu/news/forTheMedia/nrArchive/pr/chRothfussQuill.htm. Retrieved September 2, 2008. 
  12. ^ "PW's Best Books of the Year". Publishers Weekly. November 5, 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20080512021628/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6496987.html. Retrieved June 7, 2009. 

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