Megan Whalen Turner
, b. 1965
Megan Whalen Turner is an American author, mostly writing fantasy fiction for children and young adults. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago, where she completed a BA with honours in English Literature. Prior to her career as an author, she worked for bookstores as a buyer of children’s books. She is best known for her Queen’s Thief series. Its other titles include: The Queen of Attolia (2000), The King of Attolia (2006), A Conspiracy of Kings (2010), Thick as Thieves (2017) and Return of the Thief (2020). She has also published a collection of short stories set in the same world, Moira’s Pen (2022).
Whalen Turner’s decision for the setting of The Thief was influenced by a visit to Greece. Her short memoir A Trip to Mycenae, exclusively published in the 2017 edition of The Thief, describes the ancient cistern which was her inspiration for the underwater temple in this book.
Source:
“About the Author”, Megan Whalen Turner Official Website (accessed: September 6, 2022).
Bio prepared by Ursula Salter, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, salterursu@myvuw.ac.nz
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