Tamora Pierce
Author's Comment: My dad heard me telling myself stories as I did dishes, and he suggested that I try to write some of them down. He even gave me an idea to start with, a book about travels in a time machine (we both loved history and television shows like the original "Star Trek," so he knew what would grab me). The next year, as I was still scribbling my own stories, my English teacher introduced me to The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein. I got hooked on fantasy, and then on science fiction, and both made their way into my stories. I tried to write the kind of thing I was reading, with one difference: the books I loved were missing teen-aged girl warriors. I couldn't understand this lapse of attention on the part of the writers I loved, so until I could talk them into correcting this small problem, I wrote about those girls, the fearless, bold, athletic creatures that I was not, but wanted so badly to be.
Nationality: American
Featured series by Tamora Pierce
Circle of Magic (Ages 11 and up)
Circle Opens (Ages 11 and up)
Circle Reforged (Ages 11 and up)
Beka Cooper (Ages 12 and up)
Daughter of the Lioness (Tricksters) (Ages 12 and up)
Immortals (Wild Magic) (Ages 12 and up)
Protector of the Small (Ages 12 and up)
Song of the Lioness (Ages 12 and up)