The second story in the set, 'The Magician's Ward', is much more heavy on the romance, but still involves a high dose of mystery and magic. I enjoyed the farce elements of the multiple burgarly attempt, and the ending, but, again, I only give this 3 1/2 stars, with 3 being average. Our hero, Mairelon, is falsely accused of the theft, and hides from the law while trying to find the items and clear his name - pretty standard stuff.īut there are so many other people also trying to find it, and I quickly got confused as to who was who, and who was on which side. The mystery surrounds the disappearance of a magical artifact. My biggest complaint about this part was the number of people involved. It was interesting and a fun, though it was slow to start and, overall, just a touch above average. The first in the set, 'Mairelon the Magician', is more about the mystery aspect and a bit of the social conventions of the time, but not much in the way of romance. This book actually contains a duology - "Mairelon the Magician" and "The Magician's Ward". She is a vegetarian, and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her cat Karma.
Her interests include sewing, embroidery, desultory attempts at gardening, chocolate, not mowing the lawn, High Tea, and, of course, reading. In 1985, shortly before the publication of her fifth book, she left the world of the gainfully employed to try winging it on her own. It came out at last in 1982, which is the year she met Lillian Stewart Carl (who introduced her to Lois McMaster Bujold by mail). In April of 1980, Patricia's first novel sold to Ace Books. In January, 1980, Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, and Patricia Wrede - all, at that point, hopeful but unpublished - formed the writer's group that later became known as "The Scribblies." Several years later, they were joined by Kara Dalkey. Patricia finished her first novel in late 1978. Dalton Booksellers, and finally at the Dayton Hudson Corporation headquarters. She worked for several years as a financial analyst and accountant, first with the Minnesota Hospital Association, then with B. from the University of Minnesota in 1977. She finished it five years later and started her second book at once, having become permanently hooked on writing by this time. She began work on her first novel, Shadow Magic, just after graduating from college in 1974. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota, where she majored in Biology and managed to avoid taking any English courses at all. Patricia Collins Wrede was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the eldest of five children.
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