Patrick Rothfuss
I remember sitting down once, [at] three in the morning and probably the only person awake in Stevens Point. And I stop, and I think: "This is crap! I've spent years of my life writing crap. This will never be published - it isn't good... I've wasted years of my life!" *shrugs and types on* You do it because you like the process. I mean... you write because you like to write.
Patrick Rothfuss is the author of The Kingkiller Chronicle and its companion stories.
Biography
Patrick "Pat" James Rothfuss was born in Madison, Wisconsin[1], on June 6th, 1973. His father Jim was an engineer.[2] He and his younger sister[3] were raised in rural Wisconsin.
In 1999, Rothfuss graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he had originally enrolled as "to study the equivalent of chemical engineering".[4] He would later switch to clinical psychology[5]; three years into his degree, he became "Undeclared".[6] Nine years later, university policy finally forced him to graduate; he left with a BA in English, and minors in psychology, history, philosophy, and writing.[6]
Works
Temerant
These are novels or stories set in Temerant, the world of The Kingkiller Chronicle.
- The Name of the Wind (March 27, 2007) was the first novel in in the trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle.
- The Wise Man's Fear (March 1, 2011) was the second novel in the trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle.
- "How Old Holly Came to Be" (July, 2013) was published in the anthology Unfettered, edited by Shawn Speakman, a short story spin-off.
- The Slow Regard of Silent Things (January 11, 2014) is a spin-off novella, illustrated by Nate Taylor.
- "The Lightning Tree" (June 17, 2014), a spin-off novellette published in Rogues. It was edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.
- The Doors of Stone (unpublished), the upcoming third book in 'The Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy.
On Hold
- The Tale of Laniel Young-Again: This is the working title[7] for a story about a legendary figure in the world of Temerant. The book was put on on hold "about two thirds of the way in"[8]in 2014 to focus work on The Doors of Stone[9].
Personal Life
Rothfuss lives in a house he bought with his girlfriend Sarah in 2009. The couple has two sons.
Notes
- ↑ Patrick Rothfuss's autobiography, official website
- ↑ Interview with Lightspeed Magazine (March, 2015). This is loose, but I'll confirm from something more solid later.
- ↑ Pat's blog: blog, if only barely
- ↑ Pat's blog, On the Making of Methelgin
- ↑ SFBook, Patrick Rothfuss bio
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Denvention 3 biography
- ↑ YouTube, Patrick Rothfuss reads "The Tale of Laniel Young-Again": "The standing, awful title for this is The Tale of Laniel Young-Again"
- ↑ YouTube, Projects after book three — Patrick Rothfuss on JoCo Cruise 2017
- ↑ Kingkiller Chronicle subreddit report on a book reading
