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Tamora Pierce
You know the stories, you love the characters, but do you know the story behind the writer? Best-selling author Tamora Pierce has written 23 young-adult fantasy novels, in addition to many short stories, articles, and radio plays. Her realistic characters and action-packed plots have made her one of the most popular children's writers, and her books have never been out of print. Pierce's fictional world is full of teenage-girl warriors, powerful sorcerers, noble quests, fierce battles, and fantastical immortal creatures. All of her novels have one thing in they feature strong-minded, female heroines who face life on their own terms and shape their futures to fit their unique skills and outlooks. In a one-volume reference, Tamora Pierce details the life and real-life influences of this famous author, revealing the person behind the words, and the author behind the literature we love.
- GenresBiographyNonfiction
146 pages, Library Binding
First published January 30, 2006
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About the author
Donna Dailey
72 books2 followersDonna Dailey writes for national and international newspapers and magazines, and for websites. Her work has won two prestigious travel writing awards. She has also written or contributed to 25 guidebooks for major travel publishers.
Her travels have taken her down the Rio San Juan into Nicaragua’s rain forest, across the Australian Outback, to ancient sites in Jordan and Tunisia, and to the game reserves of Kenya. She has hiked across the Rockies and the desert canyons of the American Southwest, and joined in music sessions in the pubs of Ireland and Scotland. Her appetite for food and drink stories has had her eating buffalo in Denver and billy goat in the Loire Valley, sipping sherry in Spain’s bodegas, and taken her from the gourmet restaurants of Paris to Valencia in search of the perfect paella.
Donna has a Journalism degree from the University of Northern Colorado. She speaks basic Spanish. Before moving to London she worked for US publications and in television. She has been a freelance travel writer and photographer since 1993, and has worked as a Managing Editor for Insight Guides. She is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and the Outdoor Writers’ Guild.
Her travels have taken her down the Rio San Juan into Nicaragua’s rain forest, across the Australian Outback, to ancient sites in Jordan and Tunisia, and to the game reserves of Kenya. She has hiked across the Rockies and the desert canyons of the American Southwest, and joined in music sessions in the pubs of Ireland and Scotland. Her appetite for food and drink stories has had her eating buffalo in Denver and billy goat in the Loire Valley, sipping sherry in Spain’s bodegas, and taken her from the gourmet restaurants of Paris to Valencia in search of the perfect paella.
Donna has a Journalism degree from the University of Northern Colorado. She speaks basic Spanish. Before moving to London she worked for US publications and in television. She has been a freelance travel writer and photographer since 1993, and has worked as a Managing Editor for Insight Guides. She is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and the Outdoor Writers’ Guild.
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October 24, 2010
Interesting biography of one of my favorite authors. I read it in one night and was pleased to realize that becoming an author is not completely out of reach.
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February 5, 2021The book I read was First Test by Tamora Pierce. For some reason this isn't listed on here despite being very popular and written over 20 years ago. I can't find any instructions on how to add a book that isn't listed so I just picked one about the author and listed that.
February 17, 2014
I am nerding out reading this book on my favorite author.
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