Book 15 Jan 2007 11:40 pm
White Tiger, Circle Realm, Tortall
Let us enter the young-adult fantasy market shall we? maybe with a little Comicbook love thrown in for kicks? And yes, that means, the joy of Tamora Pierce.
This is an author that I have had the pleasure of meeting on multiple occasions. I began (reading in order, what a shock I know), with her Tortall series. Then I moved onto the Magic Circle series and now she has entered the Comic book world, on the Marvel side. A quote from Tamora, from a really interesting article,
I started writing the kind of books I wanted to read. I’m still writing the kinds of books I want to read. There are so many different kinds of strong females out there, and so many ways they interact with other women and with men; there are so many interesting men out there, and they all react to these women and girls in different ways — the combinations are limitless. I had a limited definition of strength when I was twelve — it’s much more varied and complex now, and it grows and changes all the time.
Anyone who talks with Tammy knows that she is all about strong people, especially strong women, in her books. Almost all of her books have a female in the lead main character role and they are all such wonderful girls. Most of them have mainly male friends, and yes, she IS writing a book just about Numair for 2009 publication (for those of us who love him).
Zach has been educating me about comics, and when we discovered that Tammy (with her hubby) was going to be adventuring into the Marvel world, well, let’s just say there was excitement. (On his side, he was happy to show me something that he knew I would love, and on my side, well I love it.) This will be a 6-book series and for reference, White Tiger deals with the character Daredevil, for those Marvel fans out there. So far, the first three issues are out.
I hope that if you like comics, you wil try her, and if you like young adult fantasy, you will also try her. She is an amazing author and from the few times I have met her (at the fabulous conference Boskone), she seems to be a really nice person.
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