Her interests include sewing, embroidery, desultory attempts at gardening, chocolate, not mowing the lawn, High Tea, and, of course, reading.

In 1985, shortly before the publication of her fifth book, she left the world of the gainfully employed to try winging it on her own. It came out at last in 1982, which is the year she met Lillian Stewart Carl (who introduced her to Lois McMaster Bujold by mail). In April of 1980, Patricia's first novel sold to Ace Books. In January, 1980, Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, and Patricia Wrede - all, at that point, hopeful but unpublished - formed the writer's group that later became known as 'The Scribblies.' Several years later, they were joined by Kara Dalkey. Patricia finished her first novel in late 1978. Dalton Booksellers, and finally at the Dayton Hudson Corporation headquarters. She worked for several years as a financial analyst and accountant, first with the Minnesota Hospital Association, then with B. from the University of Minnesota in 1977. She finished it five years later and started her second book at once, having become permanently hooked on writing by this time. She began work on her first novel, Shadow Magic, just after graduating from college in 1974. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota, where she majored in Biology and managed to avoid taking any English courses at all. And Hey! Maybe start off with Dealing with Dragons.Patricia Collins Wrede was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the eldest of five children.

I recommend it for anyone who enjoys fantasy. The book was perfect for what I wanted: a novel that was short and fun that could help me pass the time on a boring day. I confess I have not read the first book in the series, but that certainly didn’t leave me lost when reading this book. This is the second book in The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Wrede. Aside from this, I really enjoyed the book. She’s skilled with magic herself, for one thing, and she the Dragon King’s personal Librarian (and Cook) for another. Unfortunately, the dumb one always seems to be Cimorene, which is a great disservice to her. The magician Telemain gets a bit technical in his explanations of magical processes, which means one of the characters has to be the dumb one so that the author has a reason to translate it for her young readers. It has the classic tropes of a fantasy setting, but turns a lot of those tropes on their heads in ways that had me giggling and smiling all through the book. I enjoyed it as a 36-year-old, but I would have absolutely loved it as an 8- or 9-year-old. Upon meeting Princess Cimorene, he learns that the King of the Dragons, Kazul, is missing, so they set out together to look for her. He goes on a quest to find out the truth. A witch suggests that all is not what it seems. King Mendanbar of the Enchanted Forest finds a section of his forest has been burned away, possibly by dragons.

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