Full Cast Audio audiobooks
of Tamora Pierce's work
available!

Tamora Pierce FanKlub" on Forlaget Tellerup's site (in Danish)

Electronic Frontier Foundation -
"Defending Freedom in the Digital World"

Diana Wynne Jones's "Revised and Updated Version" of The Tough Guide to Fantasyland is now available from Puffin Books!

"A Talk With Tamora Pierce" on VHS & DVD from Tim Podell Productions

They're Not Just for Banned Books Week
Anymore!

View my page on YA for Obama

Network for Good - links to nonprofits aiding victims of Hurricane Katrina (including animal rescue)

LINKS (Updated November 30, 2011) 

The Buzz's "MASTIFF Video Contest" is no longer accepting submissions. Watch this space for the announcement of the contest winner.

(new) Kirkus Reviews' Interview - "On the Hunt With Tamora Pierce

(new) Pictures of Tammy taken at Menlo School, Atherton, CA - with thanks to Peter Zivkov.

(new) Random Buzzers' piece about the "Girls Who Kick Butt" panel which Tamora Pierce, Esther Friesner and Caitlin Kittredge did at NY Comic Con - moderated by Random House Children's Books Publishing Director (and author) Kate Klimo. 

Esther Friesner's Princesses of Myth Site, based on the novel series (NOBODY'S PRINCESS, SPHINX'S QUEEN) published by Random House

Alyssa Rosenberg's Interview with Tamora Pierce for The Atlantic Magazine Online

Words of Tamora Pierce - WordPress Fan Blog Chock Full of Information on Tortall, Based on Information Given Out  From Tammy's Public Postings and Appearances

MELTING STONES has been chosen as one of AudioFile Magazine's Best Children and Family Listening Audiobooks for 2008 - and Full Cast Audio's Artistic Director Dan Bostick (Dedicate Myrrtide in MELTING STONES, Numair in The Immortals series) has been chosen as one of AudioFile's Best Voices of 2008!

Support Web Cartoonist (and Tamora Pierce fan) Jennie Breeden - go to your local comic book store and request they order THE DEVIL PANTIES Vol. 2 (in hardcover!), or order online via Amazon

Also - see Jennie's pictures of meeting Tammy at PenguiCon here!

For a bit of silliness - how about the (largely unofficial) Tamora Pierce LOLCat Association?

Audio links to FIRST TEST and TERRIER audiobooks (published by Random House Audio) available by clicking on the books' names above

Check out Tammy's Facebook Page

Talk With Tammy on Her Public LiveJournal

As a longtime fan of journalist, humorist and "drive-in movie reviewer" John Bloom, a.k.a. Joe Bob Briggs, I would like to ask all Joe Bob fans to go and read some of his articles - they're hilarious! (NOT for younger kids!)

Special guest contribution by webcomic writer/publisher Molly Durst on getting published in comics

Sheroes Central - a discussion board I originated about female heroes

Sheroes Fans - a fan-moderated discussion board spun off from Sheroes Central.

Selected Media Regarding Tammy:

Links to The Atlantic Magazine Online's recent articles on YA fiction written by Alyssa Rosenberg and Kate Linnea Welsh

Think Progress has a June 1, 2011 article by Alyssa Rosenberg favorably comparing the Beka Cooper books with HBO's shows The Wire and Game of Thrones

The Atlantic Magazine Online article "Why Women Love Fantasy Literature" devotes a paragraph to Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet

The.Gloaming Magazine interview with Tamora Pirece done at Ad Astra

Adventures in Children's Publishing Blog's Two-Part Interview With Tamora Pierce on the Occasion of the TORTALL Collection's Publication

Read "An Interview With Tamora Pierce" on The Fantasy Guide For Young Adults Website

Read the interview with Tamora Pierce and Bruce Coville about collaborating for Full Cast Audio in BOOKLIST ONLINE'S "Audiobook Blog" section!

See a video interview from March 2009 with Tammy by Barb Langridge of Howard County Schools' "Books Alive!" program (NOTE: video plays best on Internet Explorer running Microsoft Silverlight)

See a video interview with Tamora Pierce on adlit.org - "All About Adolescent Literacy, Resouces for Parents and Educators in Grades 4 - 12"

Tammy's video interview with AUTHOR Magazine

 Tammy's Interview With Author Malinda Lo (PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS, ASH) at both The Torch Online ("Considering All Things Fantasy") and The Enchanted Inkpot LiveJournal Community

Audio of Tammy's Q&A at 2008's DragonCon, courtesy of DragonCon's Young Adult Lit Track's Countess Mary

Bruce Coville's Homepage--the home page of Bruce Coville, writer, editor, storyteller, audio producer, entrepeneur and very cool guy, creator of The Magic Shop books, The Unicorn Chronicles, and books like MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN, I WAS A SIXTH GRADE ALIEN, THE GHOST WORE GRAY, and I LEFT MY SNEAKERS IN DIMENSION X.

Full Cast Audio--Bruce Coville's audio book company, which has released the Circle of Magic books on audio tape with actors reading the different characters (including Bruce himself as Niko, my beloved Spouse-Creature Tim as Dedicate Crane, and yours truly as narrator). They've also started recording both THE IMMORTALS and THE CIRCLE REFORGED quartets, as well as novels by Bruce (SONG OF THE WANDERER, the MOONGOOBLE AND ME series), Paula Danziger (THE UNITED TATES OF AMERICA, THE CAT ATE MY GYMSUIT), Edward Ormondroyd (DAVID AND THE PHOENIX), David Levithan (BOY MEETS BOY), Robert A. Heinlein (HAVE SPACE SUIT, WILL TRAVEL, THE ROLLING STONES), Geraldine McCaughrean (THE KITE RIDER), and even William Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE'S GREATEST HITS, Vol. 1) and The Bible (THE BOOK OF JOB). There's also a wonderful short story, "Clean as a Whistle," featuring Full Cast's Managing Director Dan Bostick as a truly demented brownie!

Sharyn November's very cool page about books and publishing for teenagers and adults, rock music, and whatever else comes to mind. You'll also find a link to Firebird, her brand new fantasy novel imprint, published by Penguin/Putnam. Firebird makes its debut in January, 2002 with some of the finest fantasy writers in the industry today, writing crossover fantasy that will appeal to teens and to adults. Check it out!

Random House Teens, Random House is the U.S. publisher of The Song of the Lioness quartet, The Immortals quartet, and The Protector of the Small quartet. They have assorted biographical material about yours truly.

Scholastic Books, publisher of The Circle of Magic quartet and The Circle Opens quartets, they who also give you Scholastic Book Clubs!

Forlaget Tellerup, my beloved Danish publisher

Arena Verlag's online presence: Arena is my German language publisher

Firebird, a brand new fantasy novel imprint published by Penguin/Putnam. Firebird makes its debut in January, 2002 with some of the finest fantasy writers in the industry today, writing crossover fantasy that will appeal to teens and to adults. It's my bud Sharyn November's baby, and she's got a majorly impressive list of new writers for Firebird, including Nancy Springer, Nancy Farmer, Lloyd Alexander, and David Clement-Davies.

Authors4Teens: a site of interviews with and information on teen authors, including luminaries like Virginia Euwer Wolff, Chris Crutcher, Joan Lowery Nixon, Nancy Werlin, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lurlene McDaniels, Walter Dean Myers, Paul Zindel, and soon, yours truly. The interviews are very thorough and cover information you might not find elsewhere, and Don Gallo (writer, editor, and teen literary wonk) updates author information on a regular basis. NOTE - This is a pay site!

Books of Wonder: the online site for my favorite bookstore in the whole world. Not only do they have current fantasy and children's literature, but they also have first print editions for the collectors among us, and original art work for sale.

American Friends Service Committee: a wonderful, peaceful organization that brings food, medical, and educational aid to the world's poor, in addition to standing up for humanitarian issues here and abroad.

Amnesty International: defending the rights of dissidents and the wrongfully imprisoned all over the world, including within the United States, lobbying, protesting, and bringing to the public eye the cases of people who might otherwise be forgotten in someone's jail.

American Civil Liberties Union: you may not agree with everyone they defend, in the courts and in the media, but these are the people who are trying to make sure that no one cuts up the American Bill of Rights and turns it into paper dolls. They defend anyone's right to free speech. In a time when our government seems determined to forget that particular amendment to the Bill of Rights was ever written, we need to support these people and to speak out ourselves.

Electronic Frontiers Foundation: a not-for-profit organization devoted to the civil liberties of those online. Tim's a member.

Teen Voices online, a magazine by teen and young adult women, an antidote to all those glossy magazines which seem to think we only care about makeup, diets, and guys. When you're tired of being treated like a brainless fashion monkey, check these folks out.

Teen Ink online, a magazine with articles, poems, stories, illustrations, and photos done by teens of both sexes. A place to get your own work published and to discover you aren't the only one with these thoughts.

Diana Tixier Herald's Genrefluent Page, an overview of all kinds of books in all kinds of genres (fantasy, science fiction, mystery, romance. Looking for a good read? Check out this site.

SmartGirl Internette--a web site with all kinds of things to interest girls. They have very good taste in books

New Moon Publishing,--a site for girls and women with minds of their own. I wish these people had been around when I was growing up!

Steelsings' Forums--a good fantasy page that started with RPGs and fantasy discussions, and has modified from there to a site entirely devoted to the works of Tamora Pierce; go to http://www.steelsings.com/ for the the RPGs taking place in Tammy's worlds

The International Wolf Center of Ely, Minnesota--it's going to come as a tremendous shock to everyone, I know, but I am very pro-wolf and pro-wildlife. These are good people who have contributed a lot to both the study of wolf behavior and to preserving wolves all over the world.

Science Fiction and Education on Rachel's Coffee Shop page, about books, teaching, and the uses of science fiction and fantasy.

Links to Selected Reviews and Writeups of WHITE TIGER, a Six-Issue Marvel Comic Written by Tamora Pierce and Timothy Liebe:

• SILVER BULLET COMICS "Slugfest" (three-person review) of WT #1

• SILVER BULLET COMICS review of WT #1 by Ray Tate

• FANBOY COMMENTS! review of WT#1 by Bryan Sandala

• THE X-AXIS review of WT #1

• ABOUT HEROES review of WT#1

• BAM! KA-POW! review of WT#1

• Amy Reads' review of WT#1

• Ragnell's review of WT#1

• COMIXFAN review of WT#1

• SEQUENTIAL TART writeup of WT#1 by Katherine Keller (very funny!)

• SILVER BULLET COMICS review of WT #2 by Ray Tate

• Ragnell's review of WT#2

• CBR's "Comics Should be Good!" writeup on Tammy and WHITE TIGER

• SILVER BULLET COMICS review of WT #3 by Ray Tate

• Palladin's review of WT#3

• SILVER BULLET COMICS review of WT #4 by Ray Tate

• WHEN FANGIRLS ATTACK! Linkblog of Women and Comic Books

• GIRL WONDER - "a collection of sites dedicated to females in mainstream comics"

• SILVER BULLET COMICS review of WT #6 by Josh Brown

• POP SYNDICATE Review of WHITE TIGER Trade Paperback by Joe Sergi

Click on the logo to hear the podcast series featuring all three (also available for free at the iTunes Store)!

MoveOn - "Democracy in Action"

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