Patrick James Rothfuss is an American

United States

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 fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 writer and college lecturer. He is the author of the projected three-volume series The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Kingkiller Chronicle is a fantasy trilogy by Patrick Rothfuss , telling the biography of "Kvothe" , an adventurer, arcanist and famous musician...

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Biography

Patrick Rothfuss was born in Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, and received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point

University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point

The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point is a public university located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin...

 in 1999. He contributed to The Pointer, the campus paper and produced a widely circulated parodic warning about the Goodtimes Virus

Goodtimes virus

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He graduated in 1999, received an MA at Washington State University

Washington State University

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, and returned to teach at Stevens Point. In 2002 he won the Writers of the Future

Writers of the Future

Writers of the Future is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s. Hubbard...

 2002 Second Quarter competition with The Road to Levinshir, an excerpt from his novel. Rothfuss subsequently sold the novel to DAW Books

DAW Books

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Awards and honors

1. #1 The New York Times Best Seller
2. Writers of the Future
   Writers of the Future
   Writers of the Future is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s. Hubbard...
   
    (2002 Second Quarter)
3. Quill Award
   Quill Awards
   The Quill Award was an American literary award that ran for three years in 2005-07. It was a "consumer-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting literacy." The Quills Foundation, the organization behind the Quill Award, was supported by a number of notable media corporations,...
   
    (2007)
4. "Best Books of the Year" (2007) - Publishers Weekly
   Publishers Weekly
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   - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror

External links

• Patrick Rothfuss' homepage