Tamora Pierce bibliography


This is a list of works by American fantasy author Tamora Pierce.

Works

Tortall universe

The Tortall universe is a fictional setting shared by six book series: Song of the Lioness; Immortals, or Wild Magic; Protector of the Small; Daughter of the Lioness, or Tricksters; and Beka Cooper ; the Numair Chronicles, as well as multiple short stories.
Setting
The Tortall series is named for the country in which the majority of the works are set, Tortall. The capital of Tortall is Corus, located near the western coast on the Emerald Ocean.
To the north is Scanra, a wild and somewhat barbaric country. Tortall and Scanra are at war in the last two Protector books and the first Trickster book, Trickster's Choice. To the east are Galla, Tusaine, and Tyra, and past them are Maren and Sarain. Carthak is south of Tortall across the Inland Sea, while to the west lie the Yamani Islands and the Copper Isles. To the east of Maren and Sarain is The Roof of the World, a large mountain range. The Trickster books mostly take place in the Copper Isles, further south than the Yamani islands.
The Hunt Records take place hundreds of years before the other books, and Barzun, a nation between Tortall and the Inland Sea later is occasional mentioned. Barzun was later conquered by Tortall.
Tortall is a place somewhat reminiscent of the European Middle Ages, with its monarchy, court, nobility, and knights, but is otherwise a completely different world. Magic is very real and practical to Tortallans, from the common hedgewitch to the King's court mages. Deities are revered and often play a part in human lives, sometimes choosing humans as champions, sometimes using them to further their own purposes. Though these deities are shown as powerful beyond belief, they rely on their human instruments to shape the world.

''The Song of the Lioness''

The Song of The Lioness was originally written as one single book for adults, but Pierce's literary agent suggested that she rewrite it into four books aimed at a young adult audience.

''The Immortals''

''Protector of the Small''

  • First Test
  • Page
  • Squire
  • Lady Knight
  • The omnibus edition is Protector of the Small. A 2014 reissue includes "Bone's Day Out", a Tortall short story unique to this edition.

''Tricksters''

Also called Daughter of the Lioness from the Song of the Lioness four-book series. This duology is the same length as the earlier quartets, because the books are about twice the length of the earlier works. Pierce explains that the success of the Harry Potter books finally showed publishers that young readers will read long books.

''Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records''

This trilogy is also called Provost's Dog. It is set 200 years before Alanna: The First Adventure. It was a finalist for the 2012 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature.Terrier Bloodhound Mastiff
  • The omnibus edition is ''Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records''

''The Numair Chronicles''

The Numair Chronicles will be a three-book series about the childhood of Arram Draper, who will grow up to be the Great Mage, Numair Salmalín.
  • ''Tempests And Slaughter''

''Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales''

Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales contains multiple short stories set in the Tortall Universe. It is a collection of all Tamora Pierce's short stories and contains all of those written as of its publication in 2010, with the exception of Slippery in the Stairwell, 1965 For a complete listing see the Short Stories section.

''A Spy's Guide to Tortall: From the Desk of George Cooper''

A Spy's Guide to Tortall: From the Desk of George Cooper. By Julie Holderman, Tamora Pierce, Megan Messinger, Timothy Liebe, and Cara Coville: A collection of documents from within the realms of Tortall. There will be an array of new information about the country and characters, immortals never seen in the books, and everything from a breakdown of the Tortallan military to personal correspondence. Features everything from Queen's Riders recruitment material, to a detailed account of the sealing of the Divine Realms, to correspondence about the minor adventures of major characters. It will also include the story of Aly's first mission – and the reason her parents refused to let her go on any others – along with illustrations of characters and "personnel files" kept by the Whisper Man himself

Chronological order of all Tortall books and short stories

As some series and short stories are prequels, the chronologic order differs from publication order. Books that were published later frequently mention characters from books that were published earlier. However, each quartet or series can be read independently of the others.
  1. Terrier – Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records #1, Tortall #15
  2. Bloodhound – Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records #2, Tortall #16
  3. Mastiff – Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records #3, Tortall #17
  4. "Student of Ostriches" – novelette
  5. Tempests and Slaughter - The Numair Chronicles #1, Tortall #19
  6. The Exile's Gift – Exile±
  7. Exile 3 – Exile±
  8. Alanna: The First Adventure – Song of the Lioness #1, Tortall #1
  9. In the Hand of the Goddess – Song of the Lioness #2, Tortall #2
  10. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man – Song of the Lioness #3, Tortall #3
  11. Lioness Rampant – Song of the Lioness #4, Tortall #4
  12. Wild Magic – The Immortals #1, Tortall #5
  13. Wolf-Speaker – The Immortals #2, Tortall #6
  14. Elder Brother – novelette
  15. "Hidden Girl" – novelette
  16. Emperor Mage – The Immortals #3, Tortall #7
  17. The Realms of the Gods – The Immortals #4, Tortall #8
  18. First Test – Protector of the Small #1, Tortall #9
  19. Page – Protector of the Small #2, Tortall #10
  20. Squire – Protector of the Small #3, Tortall #11
  21. Lady Knight – Protector of the Small #4, Tortall #12
  22. "Bone's Day Out" -short story ±
  23. A Spy's Guide to Tortall: From the Desk of George Cooper Tortall #18 ±
  24. Trickster's Choice – Tricksters: Daughter of the Lioness #1, Tortall #13
  25. Trickster's Queen – Tricksters: Daughter of the Lioness #2, Tortall #14
  26. "Nawat" – novella
  27. "Lost" – novelette ±
  28. The Dragon's Tale – Tortallan Novelette
± Location in timeline uncertain

Circle universe

Setting
The Circle of Magic quartet is set in the land of Emelan; the Circle Opens quartet and the Circle Reforged quartet are set in Emelan and various neighbouring countries.
Neighboring countries include Sotat, Qalai, Lairan, Gansar, and Anderann. Other countries in the Circle universe include Chammur, Thairos, Namorn, Gyongxe, Yanjing Capchen, the Battle Islands, Hatar Island in the Pebbled Sea, Olart, and Mbau.
In the Circle universe, magic is common and regularly used, but individuals need to be born with the ability to use it. There are two forms of magic. Academic magic is directly linked to the energy within the user and may require incantations or physical catalysts. Ambient magic is less common, is associated with a certain craft or item of nature, and involves power from the surroundings flowing through the user. Most cultures in the Circle universe are polytheistic, but unlike the Tortall universe, gods less frequently try to affect mortal events.

''Circle of Magic''

Plot
The series tells the stories of four 10-year-old children: Sandrilene fa Toren, Trisana Chandler, Daja Kisubo and Briar Moss, known as Sandry, Tris, Daja, and Briar, respectively. They are discovered in various troubled circumstances and brought together by Niklaren Goldeye, a powerful mage, who tells them that they are "ambient mages," which means that they use magic derived from the environment. The four youths do not fit in with the other children of the monastic Winding Circle community to which Niko brings them and are put together in a separate cottage, called Discipline. Here they each learn of their hidden talents: Sandry with thread, Tris with weather, Daja with fire and metal, and Briar with plants. Lark, a gentle woman especially attentive to Sandry since she also has thread magic, and Rosethorn, a sharp woman who shares Briar's ability with plants, live with and instruct the children in their magical and personal growth. Also teaching and guiding them is Niko, technically Tris's teacher, but available to all four. Daja is taught by Dedicate Initiate Frostpine, a smith mage. At first it seems that a merchant, a street rat, a noblewoman, and a Trader will never get along, but an extraordinary circumstance brings them together. Through an earthquake, they realize their full potential and are bound closely together forever. As children skilled in uncommon magics, they struggle to earn the respect of the adults they encounter and to fully understand and control their magical powers.
Nominated for the 2000 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
CompilationsWater & Fire : Circle of Magic # 1-2, and short story Elder Brother Air & Earth : Circle of Magic # 3-4
  • The Omnibus edition is Circle of Magic Quartet
  • Chapters from Sandry's Book are also found in Tamora Pierce: Enter the Circle, a Scholastic books promotional sampler.

''The Circle Opens''

The young mages, now 14 years old, are officially certified by Winding Circle and become teachers. In this quartet, each of the four protagonists travels with their mentor, taking on a new student and combating problems abroad.

''The Circle Reforged''

The Will of the Empress Melting Stones Battle Magic
  • Possible forthcoming book featuring Tris

Chronological order of all Circle Universe books

  1. Sandry's Book – Circle of Magic #1, Emelan #1
  2. Tris's Book – Circle of Magic #2, Emelan #2
  3. Daja's Book – Circle of Magic #3, Emelan #3
  4. Briar's Book – Circle of Magic #4, Emelan #4
  5. Magic Steps – The Circle Opens #1, Emelan #5
  6. Street Magic – The Circle Opens #2, Emelan #6
  7. Cold Fire – The Circle Opens #3, Emelan #7
  8. Shatterglass – The Circle Opens #4, Emelan #8
  9. Battle Magic – The Circle Reforged #3, Emelan #11
  10. The Will of the Empress – The Circle Reforged #1, Emelan #9
  11. Melting Stones – The Circle Reforged #2, Emelan #10
  12. Untitled Tris Book – The Circle Reforged #4, Emelan #12

Short stories

Complete list

Plain Magic – A fantasy short story. Testing – A contemporary novelette based on events that happened to the author while she was the housemother in a group home for teenage girls. Elder Brother – A Tortall novelette Student of Ostriches – A Tortall novelette about Kylaia al Jmaa from Lioness Rampant. Huntress – A contemporary fantasy novelette Hidden Girl – A Tortall novelette set in the same country as "Elder Brother". Time of Proving – A medieval fantasy short story, about the coming of age of a young girl. The Dragon's Tale – A Tortall short story about Kitten, Daine's dragon Slippery in the Stairwell, 1965 – A contemporary, real-life short story in an anthology of first period stories. Lost – A Tortall novelette about a girl from Tusaine and a darking. Mimic – A fantasy novelette about a girl named Ri and the animals she saves. Nawat – A Tortall novella which takes place after the Trickster series. Bone's Day Out – a Tortall short story which is part of the Protector of the Small quartet

Not collected in ''Tortall and Other Lands''

Slippery in the Stairwell, 1965 – A contemporary, real-life short story in an anthology of first period stories. Bone's Day Out – a Tortall short story which is part of the Protector of the Small quartet

Collections

Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
Contents:Student of OstrichesElder BrotherThe Hidden GirlNawatThe Dragon's TaleLostTime of ProvingPlain MagicMimicHuntressComments on the Short Story "Testing"Testing
  • ± Mastiff
  • ± Acknowledgements

Anthologies

Young Warriors, Stories of Strength was compiled and edited by Tamora Pierce and Josepha Sherman
Contents:
  • Introduction by Tamora PierceThe Gift of Rain Mountain by Bruce Holland RogersThe Magestone by S. M. and Jan StirlingEli and the Dybbuk by Janis IanHeartless by Holly BlackLioness by Pamela F. ServiceThunderbolt by Esther FriesnerDevil Wind by India EdghilllThe Boy Who Cried "Dragon!" by Mike ResnickStudent of Ostriches by Tamora PierceSerpent's Rock by Laura Anne GilmanHidden Warriors by Margaret MahyEmerging Legacy by Doran DurginAn Axe for Men by Rosemary EdghilllActs of Faith by Lesley McBainSwords that Talk by Brent Hartinger
  • Afterword by Josepha Sherman

Comics

White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion by Tamora Pierce and Timothy Liebe, Illustrated by Philip Briones, Alvaro Rio and Ronald Adriano Silva
At the 2006 New York Comicon, Marvel Comics announced that Pierce and her husband Tim Liebe would write a new series, starring former FBI agent Angela Del Toro as the new White Tiger. White Tiger launched as a six-issue series drawn by French artist Phil Briones in November 2006.Double-Edged by Tamora Pierce, art by Cassandra James in Legend of Red Sonja: Issue Two, edited by Gail Simone

Essays

The Best White Bread in 12 Systems or What To Do Till the Next Scene Develops, in Serve It Forth – Cooking With Anne McCaffrey, editors Anne McCaffrey and John Gregory Betancourt Comments on the Short Story "Testing", in Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales Introduction , in Young Warriors: Stories of Strength Introduction . in The One Right Thing by Bruce Coville, edited by Deb Geisler, illustrated by Katherine CovilleIntroduction , in The Art of Amy Brown II by Amy Brown Acknowledgements, in Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales Foreword , in Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom, editor John Joseph AdamsGlossary , in Battle Magic The Calendar of Months for the Circle Universe, in Battle Magic Afterword Afterword Afterword Afterword Introduction , in Dragonsong'' by Anne McCaffrey

Interviews

Tamora Pierce: Girls Who Kick Butt, in Locus, # 496 May 2002 by editor Charles N. BrownTamora Pierce, in The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy by Leonard S. MarcusTamora Pierce: Lit By Fire in Locus, #618 July 2012 by editor Liza Groen Trombi

Others' compilations she has contributed to

Planetfall, with Plain MagicServe It Forth – Cooking With Anne McCaffrey, with The Best White Bread in 12 Systems or What To Do Till the Next Scene DevelopsFlights of Fantasy, with Plain MagicLost and Found: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction, with TestingHalf Human,, with Elder BrotherLocus, # 496 May 2002, with Tamora Pierce: Girls Who Kick ButtFirebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy, with HuntressDreams and Visions: Fourteen Flights of Fantasy, with Hidden GirlCricket, with Time of ProvingThe Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy, with Tamora PierceThe One Right Thing, with Introduction The Dragon Book: Magic Tales from the Master of Modern Fantasy, with The Dragon's TaleMy Little Red Book, with Slippery in the Stairwell, 1965The Art of Amy Brown II, with Introduction The Realm of Imagination: Favorite Stories from Cricket Magazine, with Time of ProvingUnder the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom, with Foreword Locus, #618 July 2012, with Tamora Pierce: Lit By FireLegend of Red Sonja: Issue Two, with Double-Edged by Tamora Pierce, art by Cassandra JamesDragonsong, with ''Introduction ''

Early works

Tamora Pierce was the "head writer for a company that did original radio comedy and drama in the 1980s, a part-time editor for two magazines, and the writer of various fiction and nonfiction for magazines".
The first short story Tamora sold was to a women's romance magazine, titled "What We Did Was Sin".

Complete bibliography in publication order

Alanna: The First Adventure In the Hand of the Goddess The Woman Who Rides Like a Man Planetfall – contributor Lioness Rampant Wild Magic Wolf-Speaker Emperor Mage The Realms of the Gods Serve It Forth – Cooking With Anne McCaffrey – contributor Sandry's Book Tris's Book Daja's Book Briar's Book First Test Page Magic Steps Lost and Found: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction – contributor Water and Fire – compilationHalf Human, – contributor Street Magic Squire Song of the Lioness – omnibusLocus, # 496 May 2002 – interviewed Cold Fire The Immortals – omnibusLady Knight Air & Earth – compilationShatterglass Trickster's Choice Trickster's Queen Protector of the Small – omnibusTricksters – omnibusThe Will of the Empress Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy – contributor Dreams and Visions: Fourteen Flights of Fantasy – contributor Cricket – contributor The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy – interviewedYoung Warriors, Stories of Strength, compiled and edited by Tamora Pierce and Josepha Sherman – Anthology editor, contributor Terrier White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion by Tamora Pierce and Timothy Liebe, Illustrated by Philip Briones, Alvaro Rio and Ronald Adriano SilvaThe One Right Thing – introductionMelting Stones The Dragon Book: Magic Tales from the Master of Modern Fantasy – contributor My Little Red Book – contributor Bloodhound The Art of Amy Brown II – introduction Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales Mastiff Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records – omnibusUnder the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom – contributor Locus, #618 July 2012 – interviewed Battle Magic Legend of Red Sonja: Issue Two, with Double-Edged by Tamora Pierce, art by Cassandra JamesBone's Day Out – a Tortall short story which is part of the Protector of the Small quartet Dragonsong – introductionA Spy's Guide to Tortall: From the Desk of George Cooper
  • ''Tempests and Slaughter''

Selected works about Tamora Pierce

The Queen's Readers: A Collection of Essays on the Words and Worlds of Tamora Pierce. Edited by Amanda Diehl and Holly Vaughn