Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet MOBI

Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet MOBI Tamora Pierce is 3 of PDF/EPUB Ã a bestselling author of young adult fantasy books that break past Squire: Book Epub / the traditions of the fantasy genre to feature teenage girls as knights wizards and above Book 3 of PDF ↠ all heroes A New York Times bestseller and the recipient of the Margaret Book 3 of the Protector MOBI :Ø A Edwards award Tamora has written over books including the newly released TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER Tamora was drawn to books from a young age Raised in rural Pennsylvania the child of a long proud line of hillbillies her family never had much We were poor but I didn t know it then We had a garden where my folks grew fruit and vegetables and our water came from a well she explains But one thing they did Book 3 of the Protector MOBI :Ø have was plenty of books So Tamora read A self proclaimed geek she devoured fantasy and science fiction novels and by the age of was mimicking her literary idols and writing her own action packed stories It was thanks to her father that Tamora began writing He heard me telling myself stories as I did dishes and he suggested that I try to write some of them down Pierce says But Tamora s novels had one major difference unlike the books she was reading her stories featured teenaged girl warriors I couldn t understand this lapse of attention on the part of the writers I loved so until I could talk them into correcting this small problem I wrote about those girls the fearless bold athletic creatures that I was not but wanted so badly to beSeventeen years later after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania a brief career in teen social work and some time spent writing for radio Tamora Pierce held true to her childhood crusade and published ALANNA THE FIST ADVENTURE the first in a uartet about a valiant young female warrior Pierce s heroine struck a chord with readers across the country and uickly earned her a loyal following Now with over critically acclaimed books to her name Pierce lives in upstate New York with her husband Tim and their menagerie of nine cats two birds a flock of pigeons various raccoons and suirrels and one opossum It s a pretty good life if I do say so myself Struggling along as a kid and even through my twenties it s the kind of life I dreamed of but never believed I would get Yet here I am after a lot of work a lot of worry a lot of care for details and a massive chunk of luck the kind that brought me such strong friends and readers Pretty good for a hillbilly yes And I never take it for granted.