Author · 1948–2022
Patricia A. McKillip
Patricia A. McKillip was an American fantasy writer (1948–2022). Born in Salem.
Our catalogue lists 7 books by Patricia A. McKillip, mostly romantasy, fae fiction and dragon fantasy. They span 1973 to 2004. The most-read is Winter Rose (1996).
Books by Patricia A. McKillip
Winter Rose
Patricia A. McKillip
Alphabet of Thorn
Patricia A. McKillip
Imaginary Lands
Robin McKinley, James P. Blaylock
The tower at Stony Wood
Patricia A. McKillip
Ombria in Shadow
Patricia A. McKillip
In the Forests of Serre
Patricia A. McKillip
The house on Parchment Street
Patricia A. McKillip
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 1980 — Best Novel, Harpist in the Wind (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2002 — Best Novel, The Tower at Stony Wood (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1997 — Best Novel, Winter Rose (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2006 — Best Novel, Od Magic (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2003 — Best Novel, Ombria in Shadow (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1980 — Best Novel, Harpist in the Wind (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1975 — Best Novel, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Collection, Dreams of Distant Shores (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Fantasy Novel, Kingfisher (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2013 — Best Collection, Wonders of the Invisible World (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Bards of Bone Plain (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2009 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Bell at Sealey Head (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2007 — Best Fantasy Novel, Solstice Wood (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2007 — Best Novelette, Jack O'Lantern (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2006 — Best Collection, Harrowing the Dragon (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2006 — Best Fantasy Novel, Od Magic (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2005 — Best Fantasy Novel, Alphabet of Thorn (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2005 — Best Novella, The Gorgon in the Cupboard (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2004 — Best Fantasy Novel, In the Forests of Serre (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2003 — Best Fantasy Novel, Ombria in Shadow (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2003 — Best Short Story, Hunter's Moon (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2001 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Tower at Stony Wood (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1999 — Best Fantasy Novel, Song for the Basilisk (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1997 — Best Fantasy Novel, Winter Rose (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1996 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Book of Atrix Wolfe (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best Anthology, Strange Dreams (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Cygnet and the Firebird (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1992 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Sorceress and the Cygnet (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1989 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Changeling Sea (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1988 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Fool's Run (nominee)
Biography
Patricia Anne McKillip is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She grew up in Oregon and England. She received a BA in English in 1971 and an MA in 1973. She is a past winner of the World Fantasy Award and Locus Award, and she lives in Oregon. McKillip's stories usually take place in a setting similar to the Middle Ages. There are forests, castles, and lords or kings, minstrels, tinkers and wizards. Her writing usually puts her characters in situations involving mysterious powers that they don't understand.