Tamora Pierce
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Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is a fantasy author who writes books for young adults. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania.
Most known for writing stories involving young heroines, she made a name for herself with her first quartet (originally intended to be a single book) The Song of The Lioness, which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight.
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Books
The Tortall Universe
- The Song of the Lioness quartet
The story of Alanna of Trebond, a ground-breaking female knight.
- Alanna: The First Adventure (1983)
- In the Hand of the Goddess (1984)
- The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (1986)
- Lioness Rampant (1988)
- The Immortals quartet
The story of Veralidaine Sarrasri, an orphan with an unusual talent.
- Protector of the Small quartet
The story of Keladry of Mindelan, the first girl to follow in Alanna's footsteps -- legally and without disguise, unlike the other female knight. As she begins her training, Kel is constantly plagued by doubters and put on probation by her training master, who thinks a girl will never succeed. Kel makes memorable friends throughout the series, including the wry Neal of Queenscove and Sir Raoul of Goldenlake, an old friend of Alanna's. She also meets some key enemies, including Joren of Stone Mountain. From Kel's acquaintances to her adventures on the road to knighthood, this series is a sure winner with both new readers and fans of Pierce's other novels.
- Daughter of the Lioness duology
This series is the story of Alianne of Pirate's Swoop, a 16-year-old girl with a knack for spying. When her father, Baron George, and mother, Lady Sir Alanna, refuse her a job with Tortall's spy forces, she sails off, only to be captured by pirates and sold as a slave in the Copper Isles. She soon discovers the beginnings of a rebellion there, between the dark-skinned raka natives and the light-skinned luarin invaders. She accepts a wager from the Trickster god Kyprioth to keep her masters' children alive in order to help fulfill his plans for the Isles, but is in for much more than she bargained for. Accompanied by an unlikely crew of raka conspirators, Copper Isles nobles, and crows-turned-men, she sets out to put the Isles to right, once and for all.
The Emelan Universe
The story of four children—Sandry, Tris, Daja and Briar—who discover that they are ambient mages which means that they use magic from outside themselves. They are all powerful individually, but they discover that together they are even stronger. As children skilled in an uncommon magic, they struggle to earn the respect of the adults they encounter. Also called the Circle Universe.
The Circle of Magic quartet
In which the children discover their magic
- Sandry's Book, UK title The Magic in the Weaving (1997)
- Tris's Book, UK title The Power in the Storm (1998)
- Daja's Book, UK title The Fire in the Forging (1998)
- Briar's Book, UK title The Healing in the Vine (1999)
The Circle Opens quartet
In which the children learn about passing their teaching onwards
Short Stories
- Plain Magic (1999) (published in Flights of Fantasy)
- Testing (2000) (published in Lost and Found)
- Elder Brother (2001) (published in Half Human) (Set in the Tortallan universe)
Further books planned
- The Will of the Empress: The Circle Reforged , scheduled for late 2005 about Daja, Tris, Sandry and Briar as they come back together as young adults.
- Numair: The Early Years, a (tentatively titled) book which covers Numair's life between leaving Carthak and arriving in the Tortallan capital.
- As-yet-untitled book about Maura of Dunlath.
- Provost's Dog Trilogy, takes place 200 years before Alanna:The First Adventure. It's about a girl raised to be a manhunter.
External links
- Official site (http://www.tamora-pierce.com/)
- Sheroes Central (http://www.sheroescentral.com)
- Bibliography (http://scifan.com/writers/pp/PierceTamora.asp) on SciFanda:Tamora Pierce