Tamora Pierce

Tamora was born in 1954. Her dad hooked her into writing, and when she found there weren't any books around like she wanted to read - with strong female heroes - she made her own. She now lives in Manhattan with her husband and various animals.

The Tortall books:

The song of the lioness quartet

The story of strong, and stubborn, Alannah - determined to be a knight even though she's a girl.

• Alanna: the first adventure
• In the hand of the Goddess
• The woman who rides like a man
• Lioness Rampant

There is a story about the childhood of the Shang warrior the Unicorn in the short story collection, Young warriors

The immortals quartet

Daine only wanted a job - but she gets far more than she dreamed in Tortall.

1. Wild magic
2. Wolf-speaker
3. The Emperor Mage
4. The realms of the Gods

Tamora has a story in Half-human - the story of the tree turned into a man, briefly mentioned in Wolf-speaker.

Protector of the small

Keladry of Mindelan wants to be a female knight, like her hero Alannah.

1. First test
2. Page
3. Squire
4. Lady knight

Trickster's choice and Trickster's queen

This duet tells the story of Alianne (Aly) daughter of Alanna and George. Aly has been trained as a spy since birth and wants to use her talents, but she is thwarted by both parents. Aly leaves home after yet another argument with her mother, is captured by pirates and sold as a slave in the Copper Isles. There Kyprioth, the Trickster god, finds a use for Aly and her talents – keeping the Balitang family alive. In Trickster’s Queen, Aly trains her pack as spies in order to help bring about the Raka rebellion, and the overthrow of the Luarin invaders, all the while her relationship with Nawat grows and changes.

The circle books:

The circle of magic quartet

Four young people are brought together to master their weird magics.

1. Sandry's book
2. Tris's book
3. Daja's book
4. Briar's book

The circle opens quartet

Continuing the stories from the circle of magic this time the students become the teachers.

1. Magic steps
2. Street magic
3. Cold fire
4. Shatterglass

The will of the Empress

Now adults Sandry, Tris, Daja and Briar are reunited when Sandry's uncle asks that the others accompany her on a visit to her cousin, the Empress Berenene.  But they have lived very different lives since last together, meaning that their previous closeness is gone.