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Patrick James Rothfuss (born June 6, 1973) is an American writer of epic fantasy and college lecturer. He is best known for his projected three-volume series ''The Kingkiller Chronicle''. == Biography == Patrick Rothfuss was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and received his B.S. in English from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1999 after spending nine years as an undergraduate exploring various majors such as Chemical Engineering, Clinical Psychology, and others. He contributed to ''The Pointer'', the campus paper〔 and produced a widely-circulated parody warning about the Goodtimes Virus.〔"Legend/AntiLegend: Humor as an Integral Part of the Contemporary Legend Process", in ''Rumor Mills: The Social Impact of Rumor and Legend'', ed. Gary Alan Fine, Veronique Campion-Vincent, and Chip Heath, pp. 131-33. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. ISBN 978-0-202-30747-3〕 He graduated in 1999, received an MA at Washington State University, and returned to teach at Stevens Point.〔 In 2002, he won the Writers of the Future 2002 Second Quarter competition with "The Road to Levinshir", an excerpt from his then-unpublished novel ''The Wise Man's Fear''.〔 Rothfuss subsequently sold the novel to DAW Books. In August 2012, Rothfuss began a monthly podcast called (The Story Board ) on fantasy, featuring authors such as Terry Brooks and Brandon Sanderson. The Story Board ran for 8 episodes. Mr. Rothfuss has two sons whose names he does not use on the internet for their privacy (on his blog he calls them "Oot" and "Cutie Snoo") and lives in a house he bought with his girlfriend, Sarah. Rothfuss organizes the charity Worldbuilders, which, since 2008, has raised over $2 million for Heifer International, a charity which provides livestock, clean water, education and training for communities in the developing world.〔http://www.worldbuilders.org/mission/how-we-got-started/; http://www.heifer.org/. Retrieved December 3, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Rothfuss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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