Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierceis an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, The Song of the Lioness, which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight. Many of her books have feminist themes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 December 1953
CountryUnited States of America
somewhere-else obnoxious
You're an obnoxious canker-blossom. Go ooze somewhere else.
next good-questions dry
What's dry?' 'Good question. Next question!
fighting people pounds
If we pick a fight, then we're just as bad as them. Combat should be used just to help people who can't defend themselves, period." "Well, if I don't fight back and they pound on me, then I'm one of the people I should be defending.
issues answers moral
Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers. -Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift
thieves sells
I--buy, and I sell." "You're a thief.
punishment trying mouths
Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.
teenager book giving
Publishers have realized that, unlike the previous time period, American teenagers are both smarter and require more topical material than they had been giving them before that. For one thing, they'll read thicker books. Besides, has anybody looked at the news or read the newspapers recently?
doe money-talks bark
Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.
dream book people
What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.
heart mind library
A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.
eye midnight care
Don't die on me," she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. "It's only a little shoulder wound. Goddess, George-don't die on me." His eyes flickered open and he smiled. "I didn't know you cared," he whispered. "And why insult me? I won't die for a wee nick like this; I've had worse in my day." Alanna wiped her wet cheeks. "Of course I care, you unprincipled pickpocket!" she whispered. "Of course I care.
girl boys insult
Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
winning people opponents
Haven’t you ever noticed that people who win say it’s because the gods know they are in the right, but if they lose, it wasn’t the gods who declared them wrong? Their opponent cheated, or their equipment was bad.
rewards dawn midnight
free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.