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Terry McGarry

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Born

in New York, The United States

August 12, 1962

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Horror

Influences

Leigh Brackett, Tanith Lee, C. J. Cherryh

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September 2012

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Terry McGarry is the author of the Tor fantasy novels Illumination (one of Library Journal's Five Best Genre Titles of 2001), The Binder's Road, and Triad, and a variety of short fiction; her genre poetry is collected in the award-winning chapbook Imprinting, and her works have been translated into German, Spanish, Finnish, Italian, and Russian. She has been a freelance book copyeditor since 1987, specializing in sf and fantasy, and she worked at The New Yorker for fifteen years, the last six as a Page O.K.'er. She has also been a bartender on Wall Street, an English major at Princeton, a street trader in Ireland; she has trained in Krav Maga and Western martial arts, and plays Irish traditional music at gigs and pub sessions. ...more

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Halifax. New branch of life. Hairy-pistachio-nut microbes named after a terrifying hairy ogre from Mi’kmaq folklore. The awkward scurrying. I could not love this more. “It looks kind of like a pistachio nut with little hairs coming from between the shells,” said Eglit. “And it scurries around kind of awkwardly and it eats other complex […]

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	Illumination 3.54 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2001 — 8 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 Binder's Road 3.88 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Triad (Illumination) (Eiden Myr #3) 3.82 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Imprinting 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998	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
	Bullets, Buildings and Beer: Exploits of a contractor working in WAR ZONES it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Case of the Ancient British Barrow liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	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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Terry’s Quotes

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

tags: love

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“You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on.”
― Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable

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“Oh, Hank," Susan whispered, "their wings are furry."

"Oh, James," Harriet whispered, "their hands are kind.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Catwings

tags: cats, compassion, fantasy, friendship, kids, wonder

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“Everything you want in life has teeth.”
― Jonathan Carroll, From the Teeth of Angels

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“The nature of the universe probably depends heavily on who is the actual protagonist. Lately I've been suspecting it's one of my cats.”
― Wil McCarthy