It received the 1991 Minnesota Book Award for Fantasy and. The novel chronicles the adventures of the princess Cimorene, who escapes her tediously ordinary family to become a dragon 's princess. Wrede, and is the first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles series. She is a vegetarian, and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her cat Karma. Dealing with Dragons is a young adult fantasy novel written by Patricia C. Her interests include sewing, embroidery, desultory attempts at gardening, chocolate, not mowing the lawn, High Tea, and, of course, reading. A Princesss work is never done-not even when she becomes a qu. Calling on Dragons The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book Three by Patricia C. 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. Read 869 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. 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Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, and Patricia Wrede - all, at that point, hopeful but unpublished - formed the writer's group that later became known as 'The Scribblies.'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. Calling on dragons by Wrede, Patricia C., 1953- Publication date 1993 Topics Fairy tales, Wizards - Fiction, Kings, queens, rulers, etc.

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. Patricia Collins Wrede was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the eldest of five children.

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