Frasi di Megan Whalen Turner
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Megan Whalen Turner is an American writer of fantasy fiction for young adults. She received her BA with honors in English language and literature from the University of Chicago in 1987. She is best known for her series of young adult novels primarily revolving around a character named Eugenides. Turner has no name for the series herself, but fans have coined it The Queen's Thief. The first book in the series, The Thief, won a Newbery Honor award. The second, third, and fourth books in the series are The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, and A Conspiracy of Kings. The latest book in the series is Thick as Thieves. Turner has also published a collection of short stories, Instead of Three Wishes. Additional work includes the short story, "The Baby in the Night Deposit Box," published in a collection called Firebirds, edited by Sharyn November. "The Baby in the Night Deposit Box" was selected for The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. She has also written three uncollected short stories, Thief!, “Destruction,” and "Eddis," which are set in the world of The Queen's Thief.

Her husband is the cognitive scientist Mark Turner.

✵ 1965   •   Altri nomi מייגן ויילן טרנר
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Megan Whalen Turner: Frasi in inglese

“In the shocked aftermath, I said, "We'll give them a second chance."”

Megan Whalen Turner libro A Conspiracy of Kings

With my right hand, I reached to the other pocket. I had known as soon as I lifted the false bottom of the gun case and looked underneath what it meant. I had tried without ceasing to find some alternative to Attolia's ruthless advice, and I had failed. Gen's fit reassured me that iI had not failed for lack of trying. He had seen no other solution himself.
I lifted out the matching gun and read the archaic inscription. Realisa onum. Not "The queen made me," but "I make the king."
A Conspiracy of Kings

“In my experience, the more you know of the gods, the more you know what you cannot understand.”

Megan Whalen Turner libro A Conspiracy of Kings

Eddis
A Conspiracy of Kings (2010)

“Nothing mortals make lasts; nothing the gods make endures forever.”

Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia

An unnamed goddess
The Queen of Attolia (2000)

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