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Patrick Rothfuss


USA flag (b.1973)

Patrick Rothfuss had the good fortune to be born in Wisconsin in 1973, where the long winters and lack of cable television encouraged a love of reading and writing.

After abandoning his chosen field of chemical engineering, Pat became an itinerant student, wandering through clinical psychology, philosophy, medieval history, theater, and sociology. Nine years later, Pat was forced by university policy to finally complete his undergraduate degree in English.

When not reading and writing, he teaches fencing and dabbles with alchemy in his basement.
 


Genres: Fantasy, Children's Fiction
 
Books containing stories by Patrick Rothfuss
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The Secret Loves of Geeks (2018)
edited by
Hope Nicholson
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The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2015 (2015)
(Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas)
edited by
Paula Guran

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Award nominations
2015 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2015 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Lightning Tree
2012 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Wise Man's Fear
2008 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Name of the Wind
2008 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Name of the Wind


Patrick Rothfuss recommends
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The Water Outlaws (2023)
(Water Outlaws, book 1)
S L Huang
"S. L. Huang is amazing."
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Sidewinders (2021)
(Fire Sacraments, book 2)
Robert V S Redick
"Clean, crisp worldbuilding. Characters that live and breathe. A story that teases and suprises me."
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A King in Cobwebs (2018)
(Tales of Durand, book 3)
David Keck
"Keck's writing style is unique. His description are brief, almost poetic in places...This book is more like a Monet painting than a photograph."

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