Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Photo portrait of Patrick Rothfuss by Kyle Cassidy
Rothfuss in 2014
Born (1973-06-06) June 6, 1973 (age 50)
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Period 2007–present (published)
Genre Fantasy
Notable awards Quill Award (2007), David Gemmell Award (2012)
Signature Patrick Rothfuss signature
Website
patrickrothfuss.com

Patrick James Rothfuss (born June 6, 1973) is an American writer of epic fantasy and college lecturer. He is best known for his projected three-volume series The Kingkiller Chronicle.

Biography

Patrick Rothfuss was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and received his B.S. in English from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1999 after spending nine years as an undergraduate exploring various majors such as Chemical Engineering, Clinical Psychology, and others. He contributed to The Pointer, the campus paper[1] and produced a widely-circulated parody warning about the Goodtimes Virus.[2]

He graduated in 1999, received an MA at Washington State University, and returned to teach at Stevens Point.[3] In 2002, he won the Writers of the Future 2002 Second Quarter competition with "The Road to Levinshir", an excerpt from his then-unpublished novel The Wise Man's Fear.[4] Rothfuss subsequently sold the novel to DAW Books.

In August 2012, Rothfuss began a monthly podcast called The Story Board on fantasy, featuring authors such as Terry Brooks and Brandon Sanderson. The Story Board ran for 8 episodes.

Mr. Rothfuss has two sons whose names he does not use on the internet for their privacy (on his blog he calls them "Oot" and "Cutie Snoo") and lives in a house he bought with his girlfriend, Sarah.[5][6][7]

Rothfuss organizes the charity Worldbuilders, which, since 2008, has raised over $2 million for Heifer International, a charity which provides livestock, clean water, education and training for communities in the developing world.[8]

Writing

Rothfuss' first novel, The Name of the Wind, was published in 2007. It won a Quill Award (for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror) and was listed among Publishers Weekly's "Books of the Year". It also won an Alex Award in 2008.

The Wise Man's Fear was published in 2011 and reached Number 1 on the New York Times Hardback Fiction Best Seller List.[9]

Works

The Kingkiller Chronicle

Other

  • The Slow Regard of Silent Things, featuring Auri, was released in October 2014.
  • The Lightning Tree - a short story featuring Bast from the Kingkiller world. (June 2014, Bantam), "Rogues", edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois ISBN 978-0345537263
  • Member of the Story Design team for inXile's Torment: Tides of Numenera game (2013 In Progress)[11]
  • How Old Holly Came To Be - A short, fantasy story told from an unusual character of the Kingkiller world. (July 2013, Grim Oak Press), Unfettered, Edited by Shawn Speakman ISBN 978-0-9847136-3-9
  • The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle Part II: The Dark of Deep Below (October/November 2013, In Progress, Subterranean Press)[12]
  • The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle Part I: The Thing Beneath the Bed (July 2010, Subterranean Press)[12]
  • "The Road to Levinshir" An excerpt from his then-unpublished Kingkiller Chronicle novel The Wise Man's Fear (July 2008, Subterranean Press), Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy Also published in EPIC: Legends of Fantasy Anthology, Edited by John Joseph Adams ISBN 978-1-61696-084-1
  • Your Annotated, Illustrated College Survival Guide (January 2005, Cornerstone Press)[13]

Awards and honors

  1. #1 The New York Times Best Seller
  2. Writers of the Future (2002 Second Quarter)[4]
  3. Quill Award (2007)[14]
  4. "Best Books of the Year" (2007) – Publishers Weekly – Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror[15]
  5. Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Epic Fantasy (2007)[16]
  6. Gollancz 50 Top Ten SciFi/Fantasy (2011)
  7. NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books (2011)[17]
  8. "David Gemmell Legend Award" (2012)[18][19]
  9. Ranked 3rd in "Best 21st Century Fantasy Fiction Novels" by Locus (2012)[20]

References

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  2. ↑ "Legend/AntiLegend: Humor as an Integral Part of the Contemporary Legend Process", in Rumor Mills: The Social Impact of Rumor and Legend, ed. Gary Alan Fine, Veronique Campion-Vincent, and Chip Heath, pp. 131-33. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. ISBN 978-0-202-30747-3
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  8. ↑ http://www.worldbuilders.org/mission/how-we-got-started/; http://www.heifer.org/. Retrieved December 3, 2014
  9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-03-20/hardcover-fiction/list.html. Retrieved 18 December 2014
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  17. ↑ "Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books". npr.org. August 11, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  18. ↑ DeNardo, John (June 17, 2012). "Winners: 2012 David Gemmell Award." SFSignal.com. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  19. ↑ (2012-06-15) "David Gemmell Legend Award Winners 2012 Announced." GemmellAward.com. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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