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Megan Whalen Turner


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Megan Whalen Turner is married to a professor and often relocates when he needs to do research. When they traveled to Greece one summer, she decided to use its landscape as the background of a book, but didn't write The Thief until she was spending a year in California, where the olive trees reminded her of the Greek mainland.
 

Awards: Mythopoeic (2011), LA Times (2010)  see all

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
Queen's Thief
   1. The Thief (1996)
   2. The Queen of Attolia (2000)
   3. The King of Attolia (2006)
   4. A Conspiracy of Kings (2010)
   5. Thick as Thieves (2017)
   6. Return of the Thief (2020)
   Moira's Pen (2022)
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Books containing stories by Megan Whalen Turner
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 17th Annual Collection (2004)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 17)
edited by
Ellen Datlow, Gavin J Grant and Kelly Link
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Firebirds (2003)
An Original Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction
edited by
Sharyn November

Awards
2011 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature : The Thief
2011 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature : The Queen of Attolia
2011 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature : The King of Attolia
2011 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature : A Conspiracy of Kings
2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel : A Conspiracy of Kings

Award nominations
2011 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : A Conspiracy of Kings
2007 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : The King of Attolia
1997 Newbery Medal (nominee) : The Thief


Megan Whalen Turner recommends
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Amber & Clay (2021)
Laura Amy Schlitz
"Amber and Clay works the best kind of book magic, bringing to life gods and ghosts and philosophers. It is a rare treat."
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Dangerous (2014)
Shannon Hale
"Maisie Danger Brown is Danny Dunn and Nelly Bly rolled into one. Hale mashes up her science and her superheroes with aliens and a terrestrial villain or two, then stirs in just the right amount of wonder and delight. I loved this book."
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Bloodflower (2009)
Christine Hinwood
"A beautiful representation of love and loyalty and the aftermath of war."

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