Diane Duane
Autor(a) de So You Want to be a Wizard
About the Author
Author Diane Duane was born in New York City on May 18, 1952, and grew up in Roosevelt, Long Island. She is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Duane studied nursing in college and became a psychiatric nurse. She began writing full time in 1980 and has published numerous novels, mostrar mais including several with her husband, Peter Morwood. She also writes screenplays, served as senior writer for the BBC-TV education series "Science Challenge," and writes scripts for CD-ROM computer games. Her "Young Wizards" series won a special commendation in the Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize in Children's Literature, 2003. She currently lives in County Wicklow, Ireland. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Photo by Gary Jordan, Dublin, Ireland ( http://www.garyjordanphotography.com )
Séries
Obras por Diane Duane
Midnight Snack and Other Fairy Tales 23 exemplares
The Landlady 19 exemplares
Sirronde's World 1: The Span 11 exemplares
Sirronde's World 3: Parting Gifts 11 exemplares
On Ordeal: Roshaun ke Nelaid 10 exemplares
Diane Duane Wizard Set (So You Want to Be a Wizard, Deep Wizardry, High Wizardry, A Wizard Abroad, Wizard's Dilemma) (1991) 7 exemplares
Meetings on the Stair: an essay 7 exemplares
The Rizzoli Bag 6 exemplares
On Ordeal: Ronan Nolan Jnr 6 exemplares
The Door Into Starlight 5 exemplares
The Young Wizards 30 Day OTP Challenge: Days 1 - 17 5 exemplares
Young Wizards - New Millennium Edition Set 4 exemplares
The Outer Limits - The New Series (Aliens Among Us/Death & Beyond/Fantastic Androids & Robots/Mutation and… (1998) 3 exemplares
The "How Lovely Are Thy Branches" Advent Calendar 3 exemplares
Herself 3 exemplares
Overdue: A Tale of the Middle Kingdoms 2 exemplares
Young Wizards Series Collection: So You Want To Be A Wizard,Deep Wizardry,High Wizardry,A Wizard Abroad,The… (1990) 2 exemplares
Horror at Halloween: Part Three 2 exemplares
So You Want to be a Wizard 1 exemplar
Star Drive - Corrivale csillaga 1 exemplar
Horror at Halloween (FLETCHER) 1 exemplar
Cold Case {ss} 1 exemplar
The House 1 exemplar
Apparitions 1 exemplar
Young Wizards books 1 exemplar
Young Wizards Series (Complete 9-Book Set, So You Want to Be a Wizard?; Deep Wizardry; High Wizardry; A Wizard Abroad;… (2010) 1 exemplar
The Levin-Gad: Tales of the Five #1 1 exemplar
The Landlady: Tales of the Five #2 1 exemplar
Short Stories 1 exemplar
Down By The Riverside 1 exemplar
The Four Realms Map 1 exemplar
The Austringer’s Wife 1 exemplar
Out of the Frying Pan 1 exemplar
The Tie That Binds 1 exemplar
Under My Skin 1 exemplar
Hopper Painting (short story) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (1985) — Contribuidor — 160 exemplares
Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia (2008) — Contribuidor — 59 exemplares
Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess (Xena: Warrior Princess (Berkley)) (2001) — Contribuidor — 50 exemplares
Dragons & Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories (1986) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Duane, Diane Elizabeth
- Data de nascimento
- 1952-05-18
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA (Birth)
Roosevelt, New York, USA
California, USA
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
County Wicklow, Ireland - Educação
- Roosevelt Senior High
Dowling College
Pilgrim State Hospital School of Nursing (R.N., 1974) - Ocupações
- psychiatric nurse
script writer
author - Relações
- Morwood, Peter (husband)
- Organizações
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1994)
Scribe Award (Grandmaster, Faust Award, 2014)
Guest of Honor, Worldcon (2019) - Agente
- Donald Maass Literary Agency, NY NY
Monteiro Rose Dravis, LA CA (US film/screen)
MBA Agency, London UK (European screen)
Membros
Discussions
YA Girl learns magic and talks to a tree em Name that Book (Julho 2018)
Boy finds magic book, Girl has macbook with whole apple (no bite mark) em Name that Book (Março 2017)
Diane Duane's Young Wizard series em The Green Dragon (Junho 2014)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 128
- Also by
- 44
- Membros
- 31,990
- Popularidade
- #613
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 579
- ISBN
- 464
- Línguas
- 12
- Marcado como favorito
- 155
I found some parts to be quite confusing, some of it speaking as if we were all aware of what they were talking about when, in fact, it was fiction and we had no basis for understanding it. The children were exceptionally smart and intuitive for 12 year olds, which was a tad hard to buy into. There were several parts that were left unresolved, like the ending wasn't the ending. I realize this is a series, but it is a nice idea to have endings in each book anyway.
Yet ... this was thrilling to read, kept me on the edge of my seat, and I stayed up past my bedtime to finish it.… (mais)