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Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, ''The Song of the Lioness'' (1983–1988), which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight. Many of her books have feminist themes. Pierce won the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2013, citing her two quartets ''Song of the Lioness'' and ''Protector of the Small'' (1999–2002). The annual award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature".〔 ==Biography== Pierce was born in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania in Fayette County, on December 13, 1954. Her mother wanted to name her "Tamara" but the nurse who filled out her birth certificate misspelled it as "Tamora". When she was five her sister Kimberly (whom she based Alanna on)〔Bonnie Kunzel & Susan Fichtelberg ''Tamora Pierce: A Student Companion'', Hardcover, Greenwood Press, 2007〕 was born and a year later her second sister, Melanie, was born. From the time she was five until she was eight, she lived in Dunbar. In June 1963 she and her family moved to California. They first lived in San Mateo on El Camino Real and then moved to the other side of the San Francisco Peninsula, in Miramar. They lived there for half a year, in El Granada a full year, and then three years in Burlingame. She began reading when she was very young and started writing when she was in the sixth grade. Her interest in fantasy and science fiction began when she was introduced to J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'', and so she started to write the kind of books that she was reading. After her parents divorced, her mother moved her and her sisters back to Fayette County in 1969, where she spent two years at Albert Gallatin Senior High. When her family moved again, she spent her senior year at Uniontown Area Senior High School, acting, singing, and writing for the school paper. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). While at Penn she wrote the books that became ''The Song of the Lioness'' quartet. The first book of this quartet, ''Alanna: The First Adventure'' was published by Atheneum Books in 1983. Pierce lived with her husband Tim Liebe (Spouse-Creature) in New York City, with their four cats and multiple other pets, until they moved to Syracuse, New York.〔Pierce, Tamora. "Acknowledgments." ''Bloodhound: Beka Cooper Book Two''. New York: Random House Children's Books (2009). p 551.〕 In 2008, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.〔(Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection ), Northern Illinois University〕 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「Tamora Pierce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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