Patricia C. Wrede
Patricia C. Wrede is an American fantasy writer whose works include the Enchanted Forest Chronicles.
Her other works include two series of Regency Fantasy (one beginning with Mairelon the Magician and the other, co-written with Caroline Stevermer, with Sorcery and Cecelia), and a series set in the world of Lyra, as well as a number of stand-alone novels (including The Seven Towers) and numerous short stories.
Works by Patricia C. Wrede with their own trope pages include:
- Enchanted Forest Chronicles
- Sorcery and Cecelia series
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - She wrote a Novelization of it, a "junior novelization" essentially, though not specifically labeled as such.
Patricia C. Wrede provides examples of the following tropes:
- Beam-O-War (in The Seven Towers, with a twist)
- Blue Blood (several)
- Burn the Witch (in Daughter of Witches)
- Cloudcuckoolander (Amberglas in The Seven Towers, although this is at least partly Obfuscating Stupidity. Her spells always do what she wants them to -- unlikely if she were really as ditzy as she seems.)
- Culture Clash
- Curse
- Family-Unfriendly Death (in "Cruel Sisters")
- Fractured Fairy Tale (several)
- A Friend in Need
- Friend or Foe
- Historical Fantasy (several)
- Instant Runes (averted)
- It Was a Gift
- Language of Magic (in the Mairelon series)
- Lucky Seven
- Magic A Is Magic A
- Malicious Slander
- Maybe Ever After (The Raven Ring)
- Mentor Ship: In the sequel to Mairelon.
- Regency England (several)
- Retired Badass (in Caught in Crystal)
- Sense Freak (in "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd")
- Shotgun Wedding
- Snowball Fight
- So Proud of You
- Street Urchin (in Mairelon the Magician)
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs
- Thirteen Is Unlucky
- Twice-Told Tale (contributed a version of "Snow White and Rose Red" to a series of fairy tale retellings overseen by Terri Windling)
- Widow Witch (in Snow White and Rose Red)
- Wild Hair
- Wizard Duel (in The Seven Towers)