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Tamora Pierce
Pierce at the February 2008 Boskone science fiction convention in Boston, Massachusetts.
Born	December 13, 1954 (1954-12-13) (age 53) South Connellsville in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Novelist
Genres	Fantasy
Notable work(s)	The Song of the Lioness
Official website

Tamora Pierce (December 13, 1954) is an author of fantasy literature for young adults. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania. Best known for writing stories involving young heroines, she made a name for herself with her first quartet The Song of the Lioness, which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight. Pierce is also the co-founder of the forum Sheroes Central. Boston redirects here. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... South Connellsville is a borough located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. ... Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about work. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Alanna of Trebond be merged into this article or section. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ... It has been suggested that Alanna of Trebond be merged into this article or section. ...

Biography

Pierce was born in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania in Fayette County, on December 13, 1954. Her mother wanted to name her "Tamara" but the nurse who filled out her birth certificate misspelled it as "Tamora". When she was five her sister Kimberly (who she based Alanna on)^{[citation needed]} was born and a year later her second sister, Melanie, was born. From the time she was five until she was eight, she lived in Dunbar. In June of 1963 she and her family moved to California. They first lived in San Mateo on El Camino Realand then moved to the other side of the San Francisco Peninsula, in Miramar. They lived there for half a year, in El Granada a full year, and then three years in Burlingame. South Connellsville is a borough located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. ... Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... See also Dunbar (disambiguation) Dunbar is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... This article is about the U.S state. ... San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... El Camino Real (Spanish for the Royal or Kings Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain: There is an El Camino Real in California; see: El Camino Real (California); that road provoked a Jargon File bilingual homographic... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... El Granada is a census-designated place (CDP) in the coastal area of northern San Mateo County, California, United States. ... Location in San Mateo County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County San Mateo Incorporated June 6, 1908 Government  - Mayor Terry Nagel  - City Manager Jim Nantell Area  - City  6. ...

She began reading when she was very young and started writing at about 6 years old. Her interest in fantasy and science fiction began when she was introduced to J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and so she started to write the kind of books that she was reading. After her parents divorced, her mother moved her and her sisters back to Fayette County in 1969, where she spent two years at Albert Gallatin Senior High. When her family moved again, she spent her senior year at Uniontown Area Senior High School, acting, singing, and writing for the school paper. Tolkien redirects here. ... This article is about the novel. ...

While at the University of Pennsylvania she wrote the books that became the The Song of the Lioness quartet. The first book of this quartet, Alanna: The First Adventure was published by Atheneum Books in 1983. This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ... It has been suggested that Alanna of Trebond be merged into this article or section. ... Jean-François Millet Le Semeur (The Sower) Simon & Schuster logo, circa 1961. ...

Pierce lived with her husband Tim Liebe (Spouse-Creature) in upstate New York, with their four cats and multiple other pets, until they moved to Syracuse, New York. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. ... This article is about the state. ...

Writing process

On her homepage, Pierce states she gets most ideas from things she stumbles upon. Her concept of magic as a tapestry of threads comes from her experiences in crocheting, and in her world, all mages are somehow based on British naturalist Sir David Attenborough after watching his nature documentaries. Fantasy novels and Arthurian legend were the base of the worlds she thought up as a girl, and later she added contemporary issues like youth crime, cholera outbreaks in Africa and mistreatment of females by the Taliban. In general, Pierce states: "The best way to prepare to have ideas when you need them is to listen to and encourage your obsessions."^[1] Sir David Frederick Attenborough, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, born May 8, 1926 in London, (the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough), is the presenter of many ground-breaking and award winning BBC wildlife documentaries, and a former senior manager for the BBC. He has travelled widely, originally to... The Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, centering around King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ... Distribution of cholera Cholera, sometimes known as Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera, is an infectious gastroenteritis caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. ... The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...

For aspiring writers, Pierce also tells you can circumvent a feared writer's block by introducing a new character who is bold and different from the rest, adding something dramatic to shake things up (i.e. an accident, a storm, an elopement), changing the point of view, writing something else while your main story is seemingly impossible to write or talking to friends about your book. Finally, if none of the above techniques work, Pierce suggests mercy-killing your story if you know it won't become anything worthwhile, and taking comfort in the notion you will avoid some errors the next time.^[2]

Pierce is also known for bringing in an unusual amount of sex and violence into her teenager books. She explains that it sticks close to historical past, in which people were married at 14 and had children soon after. In regards to premarital teenager sex, which also happens in her books, she states that all her heroines who engage in sexual relations do so only with contraception (i.e. some magic charm which prevents pregnancy).^[3] Finally, Pierce states that violence sadly has been a bane in all times, and even today there are social hot spots in big cities, people are exploited in sweatshops, and the slave trade remains active. She thinks that smugly ignoring these facts is irresponsible, and is quoted saying: "We need to face it [cruelty and violence], even in books. Even in fantasy."^[4] Birth control is the practice of preventing or reducing the probability of pregnancy without abstaining from sexual intercourse; the term is also sometimes used to include abortion, the ending of an unwanted pregnancy, or abstinence. ... This article is about pregnancy in female humans. ...

Pierce draws on elements of people and animals around her to inspire her characters. The character of Alanna is loosely based on Pierce's sister, and the villain Duke Roger is based on an ex-boyfriend. Thayet's appearance is based on a friend of Pierce's. Beka's pigeon friends in Provost's Dog are all based on actual pigeons of Pierce's acquaintance.

Bibliography

The Tortall Universe

Tortall is a major country in the universe in which the Song of the Lioness, Immortals, Protector of the Small, Daughter of the Lioness (sometimes known as the Trickster books) and the Provost's Dog books take place. Its capital is Corus, located near the western coast on the Emerald Ocean. To the north is Scanra, a wild and somewhat barbaric country with whom Tortall went to war in the last two books of the Protector of the Small quartet and the first Daughter of the Lioness book, "Trickster's Choice." To the east are Galla, Tusaine, and Tyra, and past them are Maren and Sarain. Carthak is south of Tortall across the Inland Sea, while to the west lie the Yamani Islands and the Copper Isles. The Trickster books mostly take place in the Copper Isles, further south than the Yamani islands. In addition, Emperor Mage from the Immortals Quartet takes place in Carthak. Also, as the Provost's Dog books take place hundreds of years before the other books, Barzun, a nation between Tortall and the Inland Sea later conquered by Tortall, is occasionally mentioned.

The Song of the Lioness

Alanna of Trebond (later Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau), is a ground-breaking female knight. Although noble-born girls traditionally go to the convent to learn how to be proper noblewomen and wives, Alanna desires to become a knight, a position only given to noble-born boys (although, as seen in the Provost's Dog books, there had historically been other lady knights). In order to achieve her dream, Alanna disguises herself as a boy under the name of Alan and goes to the palace while her twin brother Thom goes to the convent to become a sorcerer. The twins' father is concerned only with his studies, and pays them little attention, which helps their masquerade, while their mother is dead. The series follows Alanna's training and the early years of her knighthood, a timespan of ten years. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into The Song of the Lioness. ...

The Song of The Lioness was originally written as a single book for adults, but was rejected by the publisher. Pierce literally cut up the manuscript^{[citation needed]} and used the pieces to form four new books for teenagers.

• Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) – Alanna, a young noble girl, disguises herself as a boy with the help of her twin brother, Thom, in order to realize her dream of becoming a knight as Thom goes to a temple to become a mage.

• In the Hand of the Goddess (1984) – Finding it more difficult than imagined but still in her disguise, Alanna serves as a squire to Prince Jonathan of Conté, fights in a war alongside her master and struggles with the attention of the evil Duke Roger of Conté.

• The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (1986) – After gaining her shield 'Sir Alanna' travels south, meeting up with a Bazhir tribe. After joining the tribe she must face the trial of changing the male-dominated Bazhir culture.

• Lioness Rampant (1988) – Alanna travels to the "Roof of the World" in search of the Dominion Jewel in order to prove her worth. The Dominion Jewel is a legendary artifact rumored to unite any ruler who holds it with the land that he or she rules. She also duels with Duke Roger after he is resurrected by her brother Thom, and tries once again to take over Tortall.

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The Immortals

This story is about Veralidaine (Daine) Sarrasri who was orphaned when raiders attacked her village. She has an unusual (and extremely strong) talent that is initially mistaken for insanity. Though convinced she has no magical Gift, it is discovered that she has 'wild magic' - a magic that isn't uncommon, but for some reason is a disregarded branch of magic. What is rare is the amount of it that Daine possesses, and what she is able to do with it. This magic gives her a unique connection with animals. Her abilities manifest gradually throughout the series, allowing her first to speak with animals, to heal their injuries and eventually to shape-shift into animal forms. The series covers a timespan of four years, following Daine as she learns to communicate with humans, animals and Immortals. Veralidaine Sarrasri, also known simply as Daine, is the main character of the Tamora Pierce fantasy series The Immortals and also makes several cameo appearances in Protector of the Small and Daughter of the Lioness. ... A legendary creature is a mythological or folkloric creature (often known as fabulous creatures in historical literature). ...

• Wild Magic (1992) – Daine, a 13-year-old girl, finds out her knack with wild animals is in fact a rare and powerful form of magic. Under the guidance of the mage Numair Salmalín she learns to control her magic, which proves very important for herself and her companions. This first novel in the quartet also reunites us briefly with the protagonist of the Song of the Lioness quartet, Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau, formerly Alanna of Trebond.
• Wolf-Speaker (1994) – Reuniting with the wolf pack she previously lived with, Daine discovers that the destruction of the valley the pack lives in is connected with a treasonous conspiracy against her adopted king and country.
• Emperor Mage (1995) – Daine joins a delegation of Tortallan diplomats sent to Carthak, where she finally meets the Emperor Ozorne, of whom she has heard so much. Daine is caught up in a strange battle involving displeased gods and strange magics.
• The Realms of the Gods (1996) – Caught in a mysterious attack, Daine and Numair are snatched into the Divine Realms, where they meet Daine's parents (her father is a minor god of the hunt and when her mother died he brought her into the Divine Realm) and struggle to make their way back to Tortall, where war is raging again. This book takes place in both the Divine (immortal) and mortal realms.

Wild Magic is the first book of the second series written by Tamora Pierce. ... The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a conceptual system that asserts human ability to control the natural world (including events, objects, people, and physical phenomena) through mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. ... Numair Salmalín is a fictional character created by Tamora Pierce. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into The Song of the Lioness. ... Wolf-Speaker is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the second in a series of four books, The Immortals. ... A pack of canines—most notably wolves, the domestic dog, and some other wild canines—is a group of animals that is organised according to a strict social hierarchy. ... Emperor Mage is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the third in a series of four books, The Immortals. ... This article is about negotiations. ... An emperorrefers to Nick Herringshaw, a title, empress may only indicate the wife of an emperor (empress consort. ... The Realms of the Gods is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the fourth and last in a series of books, The Immortals. ... Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is a fantasy author who writes books for young adults. ...

Protector of the Small Quartet

This story is of Keladry of Mindelan, the first girl to follow in Alanna's footsteps -- legally and without disguise, after a law is passed allowing girls to try for knighthood. As she begins her training, Kel is constantly harassed, injured, plagued by doubters and put on probation by her training master, who thinks a girl will never succeed. Kel discovers the hazing of young pages and fights the bullies to put a stop to it. Kel makes memorable friends throughout the series, including the wry Nealan of Queenscove and Lord Raoul of Goldenlake, an old friend of Alanna's. She also meets some key enemies, including Joren of Stone Mountain, her fellow page. The series follows Kel's training and the first year of her knighthood, a timespan of nine years. Keladry of Mindelan, normally known as Kel, is the main character in Tamora Pierces Protector of the Small Quartet. ... Hazing is an often ritualistic test and a task, which may constitute harassment, abuse or humiliation with requirements to perform random, often meaningless tasks, sometimes as a way of initiation into a social group. ... A page is a young male servant. ...

• First Test (1999) – Keladry of Mindelan, the first official female page, faces giant spidrens (Immortals, see the Immortals series), hazing, bullying and the mistrust of her superiors in her first probationary year as a page.
• Page (2000) – Kel, to the surprise of many, is allowed to complete her page's training. In this second book of the series Kel faces dangers that will change the way pages are taught.
• Squire (2001) – In the second half of her training, Kel has a new master, Raoul of Goldenlake, who gives her new duties, and teaches her new skills. Alongside her own study, Kel becomes increasingly involved with the war that brews on Tortall's northern border.
• Lady Knight (2002) – Though she is a knight, Kel is still inexperienced. She struggles with her sense of duty when her commanders assign her not to the front lines of the war, but to manage a refugee camp.

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Daughter of the Lioness

This duology (also known as the Trickster books) is actually as long as the earlier quartets, because these books are about twice the length of the earlier works. Pierce explained that the success of the Harry Potter books finally showed publishers that young readers will read big books. Spoiler warning: The Daughter of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce is a duology set in the Tortall universe, approximately 24 years after the end of The Song of the Lioness quartet. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

The duology is the story of Alianne of Pirate's Swoop, the 16-year-old daughter of the legendary Alanna the Lioness. Disallowed work as a Tortallan spy by her parents, Aly leaves home only to be captured by pirates and sold into slavery in the Copper Isles. Under the guidance of Kyprioth, the god of tricksters, Aly involves herself with a conspiracy of the native raka people against their luarin conquerors, in accordance with a prophecy made by Kyprioth himself through one of his priestesses, centuries earlier. The duology covers a timespan of two years. SPY may refer to: SPY (spiders), ticker symbol for Standard & Poors Depository Receipts SPY (magazine), a satirical monthly, trademarked all-caps SPY (Ivory Coast), airport code for San Pédro, Côte dIvoire SPY (Ship Planning Yard), a U.S. Navy acronym SPY, short for MOWAG SPY, a... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Slave redirects here. ... For other uses, see Prophecy (disambiguation). ...

• Trickster's Choice (2003) – Aly finds her way to the Copper Isles and makes a bet with the god Kyprioth, to protect the children of the Balitang family from unknown dangers. She soon learns that the two daughters, Saraiyu Balitang (Sarai) and Dovasary Balitang (Dove), are linked to the prophecy that predicts one of them will become queen. She learns to speak crow, and makes a wonderful friend, Nawat Crow, a crow turned man.
• Trickster's Queen (2004) – Returning to Rajmuat after their short exile, the Balitang household prepares to overthrow the Rittevon throne that has ruled the Copper Isles for centuries and replace the vicious monarchs with a raka queen. Alianne, Alanna's daughter, is the conspiracy's spymaster.

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Provost's Dog

This trilogy is set in the realm of Tortall, 200 years before Alanna: The First Adventure. The first book in the series, Terrier, was released on October 24, 2006. A trilogy is a set of three works of art, usually literature or film, that are connected and can be seen as a single work, as well as three individual ones. ... Terrier is a young adult fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the first book in the Provosts Dog trilogy and the fifteenth book set in the Tortall Universe. ... is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

George Cooper is a young boy (six) who is found stealing. His ashamed mother then tells him about his famous ancestor, named Rebekah Cooper. "Beka" Cooper is a trainee for the Provost's Guard, which is Tortall's equivalent of a police force. In those days, they were called "Dogs" and trainees were known as "Puppies" , both of whom were stationed at "Kennels" (which is where the term "Provost's Dog" comes from).

The first book in the new trilogy, Terrier, concerns Beka's first months as a Puppy. All of Tamora Pierce's previous books were written in the third person, but this series is told from a diary-style first person perspective. Beka's entries detail how hard she works to try to make her home, the Lower City of Corus, safer. Beka Cooper is also Tortall's first commoner protagonist and unlike the other heroines in Tamora Pierce's books, she is extremely shy. With the exception of Veralidaine Sarrasri, a foreigner, all the protagonists of the Tortall books have been members of the nobility.

Beka's roots in the Lower City give her both a keen insight and a sense of empathy for the people she is there to protect. Beka is referred to as a "Terrier" for her youth and dogged determination despite her size.

The next book in this trilogy, Bloodhound, will be released on April 28, 2009.

The Circle Universe

The "Circle of Magic" books are set in the land of Emelan, while the 'Circle Opens' series is set in various neighbouring countries. Emelan is a fictional realm that provides the main setting of the Circle of Magic quartet by Tamora Pierce, primarily in the capital city of Summersea and the nearby temple of Winding Circle. ...

The series tell the story of four children, Sandrilene fa Toren, Trisana Chandler, Daja Kisubo and Briar Moss, who are discovered and brought together by a powerful mage Niko and told that they are "ambient mages," which means that they use magic from outside themselves. The four youths do not fit in with the other children of the monastic community to which Niko brings them, and are put together in a separate cottage. Here they each learn of their hidden talents; Sandry with thread, Tris with weather, Daja with fire and metal, and Briar with plants. They live with the two mages Lark, a gentle woman especially attentive to Sandry since she also has thread magic, and Rosethorn, a sharp woman who shares Briar's ability with plants. Also teaching and guiding them is Niko, technically Tris's teacher, but available to all four. Daja is mentored and guided by Dedicate Initiate Frostpine, a smith mage. Their teachers, with the exception of Niko, are also ambient mages. At first it seems that a merchant, a street rat, a noblewoman, and a Trader (a trading race that is often hated by others) will never get along, but an extraordinary circumstance brings them together. They are all powerful individually, but they discover that together they are even stronger. Through an earthquake, they realize their full potential and are bound closely together forever. As children skilled in an uncommon magic, they struggle to earn the respect of the adults they encounter. Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, or Sandry, is a fictional character from Tamora Pierces quartets The Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens as well as the stand-alone The Will of the Empress. ... Trisana Chandler, Tris for short, is a character in Tamora Pierces Circle of Magic and Circle Opens quartets (see Shatterglass) and the book The Will of the Empress. ... Daja Kisubo is a character in the Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens quartets and the standalone novel The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce. ... Briar Moss, once known as Roach, is a fictional character from Tamora Pierces quartets Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens as well as the stand-alone The Will of the Empress. ...

Circle of Magic

• Sandry's Book, UK title The Magic in the Weaving (1997) – The four young mages are brought together to learn about their newfound magic. They must spin themselves together to survive an earthquake.
• Tris's Book, UK title The Power in the Storm (1998) – Winding circle is attacked by pirates with a strange new weapon and a spy amongst the mages. What will the four do to stop the attack?
• Daja's Book, UK title The Fire in the Forging (1998) – Duke Vedris takes the four and their teachers to northern Emelan where strange grass fires had been ruining the harvest. Daja finds a Trader caravan and is torn between two fates.
• Briar's Book, UK title The Healing in the Vine (1999) – When a deadly illness strikes Summersea, the four and their teachers work to stop it. Just as they begin to succeed, the illness strikes back at one of the teachers.

The Circle of Magic is a quartet of novels written by Tamora Pierce set in a pseudo-medieval/renaissance era. ... Sandrys Book, by Tamora Pierce is a fantasy novel set mainly in Emelan. ... Triss Book, a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, tells the story of four young mages as they battle pirates and become closer than ever. ... Dajas Book is the third installment in the Circle of Magic quartet by Tamora Pierce, a young adult fantasy novel. ... Briars Book by Tamora Pierce, is a fantasy novel set in the fictional duchy of Emelan. ...

The Circle Opens

During this series the young mages are officially certified and become teachers. In this quartet the original four protagonists decide to travel with their teachers, each taking on a new student and combating problems abroad. The Circle Opens is a quartet of novels written by Tamora Pierce set in a pseudo-medieval/renaissance era. ...

• Magic Steps (2000) – Sandry finds a dance-mage boy in Summersea, the twelve-year-old Pasco Acalon, the son and grandson of two police families (known as "harriers" in Summersea). When a rich trading family falls prey to a serial killer, she and Pasco must work together to stop the killer mages who have a deadly weapon- a magic that is itself the absence of magic.
• Street Magic (2001) – In Chammur, Briar discovers a street girl named Evvy (Evumeimei Dingzai), and finds she has stone-magic. But the noblewoman-sponsor of the sinister Viper gang has her eye on Evvy, and Briar must protect his young student from the lady's greed.
• Cold Fire (2002) – Daja travels to Namorn in the far north, and discovers her host's twin daughters' magical talent: Niamara (Nia), whose magic is with carpentry and woodwork, and Jorality (Jory), whose magic is with cooking. All the while someone is setting fires throughout the city, and the head of the fire-fighting department, Bennat Ladradun, is a suspect.
• Shatterglass (2003) – Tris encounters Kethlun Warder (Keth), an undiscovered glass mage who "lost" his glass talent when he was hit by lightning, but gained the ability to mix lightning and glass. Also, Glakisa Irakory (Glaki), a 4 year old academic mage. Keth can create glass balls that contain visions of the work of a murderer who incidentally orphaned Glaki. Together, Tris and Keth are the only ones who can expose the murderer.

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The Will of the Empress

The initial working title for this book was The Circle Reforged. The Will of the Empress, previously titled The Circle Reforged,[1] is a standalone fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, a continuation of the story of the quartets Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens. ...

Sandry's cousin, the Empress of Namorn (Berenene dor Ocmor), has been begging her to come visit her for years. Finally the stitch witch agrees, but her uncle requests that her childhood friends accompany her. However, during the time they were separated the foursome has broken apart, and are now adults with secrets that they once would have shared. Sandry expects to visit her cousin for the summer then return home to her uncle in Emelan, but the Empress has other plans. As the four soon find out, the iron will of the Empress is considered law, and the four must set aside their doubts and trust each other as they once did if they are to escape.

• The Will of the Empress (UK October 2005, ISBN 0-439-44171-4; US November 2005, ISBN 0-439-44171-4)

It is hinted at throughout this book and finally explained that Briar and Rosethorn had significant adventures in Gyongxe, the first home of the Living Circle temples: although Tamora Pierce's website lists the publication of the book concerning this period as 2009, she has mentioned on Sheroes Central that it was set for release in 2007.

The reader is also informed that Tris will be enrolling at the mages' university in Lightsbridge under an assumed name, in an attempt to become an ordinary mage practicing normal academic magic (spells, charms, potions) with no one knowing her real name or power. This decision was reached after Tris realised that most of her prospective employers only wanted to use her weather craft as war magic. This story will also to be told in a later book listed for release in 2009. A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ...

The Empress attempts to convince the quartet to remain in Namorn. She offers important positions in her household to Briar and Tris. Daja falls in love with one of the Empress's ladies, and many of the noble men court Sandry for marriage. However, in the end the Circle reunites and returns to their home.

Melting Stones

Set at the same time as The Will of the Empress, the book tells the story of Rosethorn and Evvy when they travel to the Battle Islands in response to the inhabitants reporting that their plants and trees and the animals who live around them are dying off in patches, for no discernible reason. They are accompanied by a dedicate initiate from Winding Circle named Mertide and Evvy's rock friend Luvo, whom she met while she, Rosethorn, and Briar were traveling in Yanjing.

This story was first released as a full-cast audio book (produced by Full Cast Audio) to be followed by paper versions. This is the first full length novel written expressly for audio. The recording date had been postponed, and the audiobook was finally released in fall 2007. Pierce herself directs the recording. Cassette recording of Patrick OBrians The Mauritius Command An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ...

Short stories

• "Plain Magic" (1999) (published in Flights of Fantasy)
• "Testing" (2000) (published in Lost and Found)
• "Elder Brother" (2001) (published in Half Human, an anthology edited by Bruce Coville, also published in a two-in-one Circle of Magic book titled Books One and Two: Water and Fire)
• "Student of Ostriches" (2005) (published in Young Warriors: Stories of Strength, an anthology edited by Pierce and Josepha Sherman)
• "Huntress" (2006) (published in Firebirds Rising, an anthology edited by Sharyn November)
• "Hidden Girl" (2006) (published in Dreams and Visions, an anthology edited by M. Jerry Weiss) – Set in the same country as Elder Brother

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Comics

• On February 24th at New York Comicon, Marvel Comics announced that Pierce will be writing a new series, starring former FBI agent Angela Del Toro as the new White Tiger. She will be co-writing the series with her husband, Tim Liebe. White Tiger will launch as a six-issue series drawn by French artist Phil Briones in November 2006 [1].

• "White Tiger #1 Synopsis"
• "White Tiger #2 Synopsis"

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Future novels

2008

• Melting Stones – (to be published on October 1, 2008)
• An untitled Circle universe book, set in the months after Street Magic, in which Briar, Rosethorn, and Evvy continue their journey eastward to distant Yanjing, where they discover a danger that threatens the home temple of the Living Circle religion.

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2009

• Bloodhound – Book two of The Provost's Dog trilogy, detailing the further adventures of Beka Cooper, nicknamed "Terrier", as she rises through the ranks of the Lord Provost's command, tracking counterfeiters threatening the economic stability of the land.

2010

• An untitled Circle universe book, in which Tris enrolls at the mages' university in Lightsbridge under an assumed name, in an attempt to become an ordinary mage practicing normal academic magic (spells, charms, potions) with no one knowing her real name or power.
• Elkhound, book three of The Provost's Dog trilogy, the ultimate task set for Rebba Cooper, nicknamed "the Provost's Dog", in Random House hardcover in the U.S. and Canada

2011

• Numair: The Early Years (tentative title) – Details Numair's last years at the university of Carthak, the beginning of his conflict with the newly-crowned Emperor Ozorne (Numair's best friend), his quick departure from Carthak, and how he survives afterward.

2012

• An untitled Tortall universe book, about the coming-of-age of Maura of Dunlath, as she discovers her own unique place in the realm.

Trivia

• In the German translation of Wolf-Speaker, it was requested that the term for 'ogre'[2] be changed. Not understanding, Pierce declined. It was only afterwards that she learned that the German word means literally 'man-eater', something that contradicts her portrayal of ogres.

References

• "Podcast Interview about 'White Tiger' with Tamora Pierce and Timothy Liebe"
• "Tiger Tiger Burning Bright: Pierce Talks 'White Tiger'" by David Richards, Comic Book Resources, March 6, 2006
• "Eye of the White Tiger: Meet Marvel's Tamora Pierce" by Newsarama, February 27, 2006
• Tamora Pierce's official site

• Brown, Joanne, & St. Clair, Nancy, Declarations of Independence: Empowered Girls in Young Adult Literature, 1990–2001 (Lanham, MD, & London: The Scarecrow Press, 2002 [Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature, No. 7]) ISBN 0-8108-4290-4
• Cart, Michael, From Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature (New York: HarperCollins, 1996) ISBN 0-06-446161-0
• Dailey, Donna, Tamora Pierce (New York: Chelsea House, 2006 [Who Wrote That?]) ISBN 0-7910-8795-6
• Egoff, Sheila A., Worlds Within: Children’s Fantasy from the Middle Ages to Today (Chicago & London: American Library Association, 1988) ISBN 0-8389-0494-7
• Lennard, John, Tamora Pierce: The Immortals (Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks, 2007) ISBN 978-1-84760-037-0
• -- 'Of Stormwings and Valiant Women: The Tortallan World of Tamora Pierce', in Of Modern Dragons and other essays on Genre Fiction (Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks, 2007), pp. 191-228 ISBN 978-1-84760-038-7
• Sullivan III, C. W., ed., Young Adult Science Fiction (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999 [Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy 79]) ISBN 0-313-28940-9
• Trites, Roberta Seelinger, Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000) ISBN 0-87745-857-X

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External links

• Official site
• Pierce's blog on Livejournal
• WikiOfMagic, Tamora Pierce wiki