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Patricia A. McKillip


Born
in Salem, Oregon, The United States
February 29, 1948

Died
May 06, 2022

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Patricia Anne McKillip was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. She wrote predominantly standalone fantasy novels and has been called "one of the most accomplished prose stylists in the fantasy genre". Her work won many awards, including the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2008. ...more

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4.22 avg rating — 11,257 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions
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4.15 avg rating — 8,357 ratings — published 1977 — 39 editions
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4.18 avg rating — 7,851 ratings — published 1979 — 33 editions
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Winter Rose (Winter Rose, #1)

3.86 avg rating — 7,596 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions
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Alphabet of Thorn

4.09 avg rating — 6,202 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions
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The Changeling Sea

4.09 avg rating — 5,982 ratings — published 1988 — 21 editions
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Ombria in Shadow

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Od Magic

3.99 avg rating — 4,563 ratings — published 2005 — 22 editions
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Quotes by Patricia A. McKillip  (?)
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“Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.”
Patricia A. McKillip

“The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.”
Patricia A. McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head

“Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.”
Patricia A. McKillip, In the Forests of Serre

Polls

October Fantasy -- The following poll decides which two books will go to the final round of polls for Oct. 2018's Fantasy BOTM.

 
  16 votes, 23.5%

 
  12 votes, 17.6%

 
  9 votes, 13.2%

 
  8 votes, 11.8%

 
  7 votes, 10.3%

 
  6 votes, 8.8%

 
  6 votes, 8.8%

 
  4 votes, 5.9%

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