Biography on patricia c wrede tuebl

American author

Patricia Collins Wrede (;^[1] born March 27, ) is an American author of fantasy literature.^[2] She is known for her Enchanted Forest Chronicles series for young adults, which was voted number 84 in NPR's Best-Ever Teen Novels list.^[3]

Career

Wrede graduated from Carleton College in with a BA in biology and obtained an MBA from the University of Minnesota in ^[2] She finished her first book in while working as an accountant and financial analyst.^[2][4] She was a founding member of The Scribblies, along with Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust and Nate Bucklin, in January , "to which [she] belonged for five extremely productive years."^[2] She sold her first book to Ace in April and it was published in In the fall of , Wrede met Lillian Stewart Carl, who introduced her to Lois McMaster Bujold.

In , shortly before her fifth book was published, she became a full