Patricia A. McKillip

Born 1948

From Salem, Oregon, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction

Patricia Anne McKillip is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She grew up in Oregon and England.

Quotes

“Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted.”
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Chapter 10
“Water has its moods, flowing or still; it can lure you like a lover, or look as bleak as a broken heart.”
Winter Rose, Chapter 7
“She lies like the moon lies, a different face every night, all but one of them false, and the one true face as barren and hard as stone.”
Winter Rose, Chapter 21
“The Riddle Master himself lost the key to his own riddles one day,” he said in his deep, reed-pure voice, “and he found it again at the bottom of his heart.”
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Chapter 11
“I didn’t know anymore what love meant, or why we were not all better off without it.”
Winter Rose, Chapter 21

Books by Patricia A. McKillip in order

Books by Patricia A. McKillip in the order they were published, from The House on Parchment Street (1973) to Wonders of the Invisible World (2012).

Authors readers of Patricia A. McKillip often like, from our AI-written notes

Ursula K. Le GuinHer Earthsea books share a quiet, mythic tone and a focus on names, magic and the responsibilities of power.
Robin McKinleyHer retold fairy tales and lyrical secondary worlds appeal to readers of McKillip's standalone novels.
Peter S. BeagleHis elegiac, folkloric fantasies share McKillip's interest in myth and the strange creatures of older stories.
Diana Wynne JonesHer fantasy blends wit and mystery, and readers who enjoy McKillip's puzzles often like her work.
Susanna ClarkeHer carefully built historical-feeling fantasy with a strong sense of old magic suits readers of McKillip's atmospheric worlds.
T. H. WhiteThe Once and Future King shares McKillip's medieval-style courts, wizards and sense of an older world.