Tamora Pierce

Overview:

  • Legal Name: Pierce, Tamora
  • Place of Birth: South Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Date of Birth: December 13, 1954

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The author currently resides in Manhattan. Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, she studied scoial work, film, and psychology. Has been a martial arts movie reviewer, housemother in a group home, a literary agent's assistant, head writer for a radio production company and an investment banking secretary. She is married to writer/filmmaker Tim Liebe. She owns two cats, Scrap (the Lioness) and Vinnie, and a parakeet named Zorak. Tamora Pierce began writing when she was eleven.

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Short Fiction

Awards

  • 0000. Mastiff - Locus Poll Award, Best Young Adult Book (Nomination)
  • 0000. Mastiff - Goodreads Choice Awards, Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (Nomination)
  • 0000. Protector of the Small: Lady Knight - Locus Poll Award, Best Young Adult Book (Nomination)
  • 0000. Trickster's Choice - Locus Poll Award, Best Young Adult Book (Nomination)
  • 0000. Tempests and Slaughter - Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, Best Young Adult Book (Nomination below cutoff)

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