Ursula Vernon
Författare till Nettle and Bone
Om författaren
Ursula Vernon is a freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She received an undergraduate degree in anthropology at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She took several art classes in college. Her first children's book, Nurk: The Strange Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew, visa mer was published in 2008. Her other works include Black Dogs: The House of Diamond and the Dragonbreath series. She also writes and illustrates the webcomic Digger and the creator of The Biting Pear of Salamanca. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Foto taget av: Photo by J.R. Blackwell
Serier
Verk av Ursula Vernon
Toad Words {short story} 3 exemplar
Telling the Bees 3 exemplar
Digger: the webcomic 3 exemplar
Pocosin {short story} 2 exemplar
Sworn Soldier - What Moves The Dead 2 exemplar
Digger Unearthed Part 1 1 exemplar
Digger Unearthed Part 2 1 exemplar
Bluebeard's Wife {short story} 1 exemplar
Razorback 1 exemplar
Digger Unearthed Part 3 1 exemplar
What Moves the Dead Sneak Peek 1 exemplar
The Dark Birds 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Long List Anthology: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2015) — Bidragsgivare — 107 exemplar
The Long List Anthology Volume 2: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2016) — Bidragsgivare — 58 exemplar
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen (2019) — Bidragsgivare — 51 exemplar
The Long List Anthology Volume 4: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2018) — Bidragsgivare — 47 exemplar
The Long List Anthology Volume 3: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2017) — Bidragsgivare — 45 exemplar
The Long List Anthology Volume 6: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2020) — Bidragsgivare — 23 exemplar
Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals II — Inledning — 3 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Andra namn
- Kingfisher, T.
Kingfisher, T. A. - Födelsedag
- 1977-05-28
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Japan
- Bostadsorter
- North Carolina, USA
Minnesota, USA
Arizona, USA - Utbildning
- Macalester College
- Yrken
- artist
writer
illustrator - Priser och utmärkelser
- Eisner Award nominee
- Agent
- Helen Breitwieser
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
The Deep Ones: "Origin Story" by T. Kingfisher i The Weird Tradition (oktober 2021)
Cinderella retelling i Name that Book (maj 2016)
Recensioner
Listor
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Books Read in 2022 (18)
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Books Read in 2021 (11)
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Witchy Fiction (1)
Books Read in 2019 (13)
4th Grade Books (1)
Short and Sweet (2)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 84
- Även av
- 28
- Medlemmar
- 17,771
- Popularitet
- #1,239
- Betyg
- 4.1
- Recensioner
- 989
- ISBN
- 360
- Språk
- 7
- Favoritmärkt
- 41
A clever tale that subverts a few fantasy expectations, [Nettle & Bone] may be Marra's adventures with a found family, but it also lets readers behind the scenes of the Great Quest to reflect on the drudgery and difficulty involved. Don't let that be a turn off - the journey is enjoyable for the reader, with a witty narrator reminding us of the quotidian without getting bogged down in boring details. It reminded me a little of Diana Wynne Jones' way of writing books firmly in the fantasy genre while also playing with the tropes and being wholly original. Marra is a fun heroine to follow, one that at age 30 is a little older than most, not always sure of herself, but still attempting to do the right thing even if she's not sure how or if she'll succeed. And, at just under 250 pages, it's rather spare and a refreshing change from some of the bloated fantasy tales out there.… (mer)