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Chris Willrich

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Born

in Mount Vernon, Washington, The United States

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Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Roger Zelazny, Fritz Leiber, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lord Dunsany ...more

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Chris Willrich writes fantasy and science fiction, and is best known for his sword-and-sorcery short fiction about Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone -- a pair of lovers, partners in crime, and, far more often than they'd like to admit, heroes. The first novel featuring Gaunt and Bone, THE SCROLL OF YEARS, appeared in September 2013 from Pyr, followed by THE SILK MAP in May 2014.

Willrich is also the author of THE DAGGER OF TRUST, a book set in the world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game from Paizo Publishing. DAGGER is a tale featuring bards, secret agents, sorcerous evil, monsters, and betrayal.

Willrich is a former librarian for the Santa Clara County Library District who lives in Mountain View, California with his family. He is frequently at ...more

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Reader John Banister points out that the author's note on distances in The Silk Map has things exactly backwards -- a li is usually assumed to be around a third of a mile, not three miles as the note states. The map in the book, and the text as far as I can tell, follow the rule of a li being a third of a mile. But, embarrassingly, the author's note is out in f Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 17, 2014 07:37 • Tags: gaunt-and-bone, kerem-beyit, the-scroll-of-years, the-silk-map

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	The Scroll of Years (Gaunt and Bone, #1) 3.34 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Dagger of Trust 3.36 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Tales from the Magician's Skull #1 by Howard Andrew Jones, Chris Willrich (Goodreads Author), James Enge (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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
	Nine Billion Turing Tests 3.86 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2024	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 Silk Map (Gaunt and Bone, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, Issue 701, May/June 2012 by Gordon van Gelder (Publisher/Editor), Fred Chappell (Contributor), Naomi Kritzer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 189, June 2022 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author), Aimee Ogden (Goodreads Author), Nika Murphy 3.66 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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 Chart of Tomorrows (Gaunt and Bone, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Thief With Two Deaths 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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 Cloak of Belonging 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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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Quotes by Chris Willrich (?)

“It's the times. Young people these days."
"No respect for their elders. The way they throw rocks at our houses."
"We used to throw rocks."
"Yeah, but we did it respectively.”
― Chris Willrich, Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #261

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“I hesitated. Yes, I had a mission. But I was curious. So kill me.”
― Chris Willrich, Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #261

tags: cats, curiousity

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“For speed Bone had buried his pack half a day back, and thus as he stood he laced the boots together and tied them to his belt, so that their jostling could deliver a metaphorical kick in the behind.”
― Chris Willrich, The Scroll of Years

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