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T.A. Barron

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T.A. Barron grew up in Colorado ranch country and traveled widely as a Rhodes Scholar. He is the winner of the de Grummond Medallion for “lifetime contribution to the field of children’s and young adult literature” and many other awards. T. A. Barron is the author of more than 30 highly acclaimed books, many of which are international bestsellers. They include The Lost Years of Merlin (now being developed into a feature film), The Great Tree of Avalon (a New York Times bestselling series), The Ancient One (the tale of a brave girl and a magical tree), and The Hero’s Trail (nonfiction stories of courageous kids).

Though he’d dreamed as a young man of becoming a writer, he couldn’t find anyone to publish his first novel. He joined a successful ...more

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The Enduring Magic of Folklore and Mythology in Storytelling

When I first met Merlin on the page, I felt the stir of something ancient taking root. I couldn’t name it then, but I can n

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	The Lost Years (Merlin, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 20,612 ratings — published 1996 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seven Songs (Merlin, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 10,845 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Raging Fires (Merlin, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 9,599 ratings — published 1998 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror of Fate (Merlin, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 9,025 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wizard's Wings (Merlin, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 8,319 ratings — published 2000 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Tree of Avalon (Merlin, #9) 4.08 avg rating — 6,642 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows on the Stars (Merlin, #10) 4.18 avg rating — 3,848 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternal Flame (Merlin, #11) 4.23 avg rating — 3,320 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ancient One (The Adventures of Kate, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 2,058 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dragon of Avalon (Merlin, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 1,748 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Merlin (11 books)
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The Great Tree of Avalon (3 books)
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The Adventures of Kate (3 books)
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“Stories help me. To live. To work. To find the meaning hidden in every dream, ever leaf, every drop of dew.”
― T. A. Barron

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“What makes this danger so terrible is that humans tip the balance of your world. No other species can make such a difference, for good or ill. If humans can live in harmony with other forms of life, the world rejoices. If not, the world suffers--and may not survive.”
― T. A. Barron

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“And I came to understand, in a way I never had before, that books are truly the stuff of miracles. I even dared to dream that someday, somehow, I might surround myself with books from many times and many tongues...”
― T.A. Barron, The Lost Years of Merlin

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Spring/Summer 2013 Series First-Round - What series will we be reading after the Wheel of Time and Night Angel?

Roger Zelazny Chronicles of Amber (10 books)

29 votes, 15.2%

Glen Cook Chronicle of the Black Company (12 books)

25 votes, 13.1%

Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth series (12 books)

17 votes, 8.9%

Gene Wolfe Book of the New Sun series (4 books)

17 votes, 8.9%

Tad Williams Shadowmarch series (4 books)

16 votes, 8.4%

Larry Correia Monster Hunter International series (4 books)

11 votes, 5.8%

C.S. Friedman Coldfire trilogy (3 books)

11 votes, 5.8%

Guy Gavriel Kay Fionavar Tapestry (3 books)

11 votes, 5.8%

Greg Keyes Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series (4 books)

11 votes, 5.8%

Elizabeth Moon Deed of Paksenarrion series (3 books)

10 votes, 5.2%

Carol Berg Rai-Karah series (3 books)

7 votes, 3.7%

Kate Elliott Spiritwalker series (3 books)

7 votes, 3.7%

C.S. Friedman Magister series (3 books)

6 votes, 3.1%

David Dalglish Half-Orc series (6 books)

5 votes, 2.6%

Michael A. Stackpole Age of Discovery (3 books)

4 votes, 2.1%

T.A. Barron Lost Merlin series (5 books)

2 votes, 1.0%

Jack Whyte Camulod Chronicles (9 books)

2 votes, 1.0%

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