History Creator / PatriciaCWrede

Patricia Collins Wrede (born March 27, 1953) is an American fantasy writer whose works include the Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles.

Her other works include two series of [[RegencyEngland Regency]] Fantasy (one beginning with ''Literature/MairelonTheMagician'' and the other, co-written with Creator/CarolineStevermer, with ''Literature/SorceryAndCecelia''), and a series set in the world of Literature/{{Lyra}}, as well as a number of stand-alone novels (including ''The Seven Towers'') and numerous short stories.

Patricia C. Wrede is an American fantasy writer whose works include the Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles.

* ''Literature/TheSixtyTwoCursesOfCaliphArenschadd''

* "Literature/TheSixtyTwoCursesOfCaliphArenschadd"

* ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III'': ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' - She wrote a {{novelization}} of it, a "junior novelization" essentially, though not specifically labeled as such.

* ArabianNightsDays: "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd" is set in an unnamed fantasy land with Arabian Nights trappings.

* BenevolentMageRuler: Caliph Arenschadd in "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd" is a wizard. His rule is mostly benevolent apart from his tendency to put curses on people when he loses his temper, and even that is generally regarded as better than, say, chopping people's heads off, since none of the curses are lethal and most are more annoying than really harmful.

* {{Curse}}: "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd" features a variety of imaginative examples.
* CurseThatCures: In "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd", a curse is used to cure [[spoiler:another curse--Tumpkin realizes the family's curse-induced lycanthropy can be cured by inciting the Caliph to curse them with something else, since the Caliph's curses only work one at a time]].

* KingIncognito: In "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd", the vizier's daughter befriends a boy she meets in the palace garden and assumes is one of the pages. He turns out to be the son of the Caliph.
* OneCurseLimit: In "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd", [[spoiler:the cure for the unbreakable curse the family is under turns out to be having a different curse put on them, which displaces the first]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd", the protagonist meets a boy who's reluctant to tell her his real name, so she dubs him 'Tumpkin' on the grounds that she has to call him ''something''. At the end of the story, she finds out who he really is, but the audience doesn't get to learn his real name, because she keeps calling him by the name they became friends by.

* SenseFreak: In "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd", people who are cursed to turn into wolves are immediately enthralled with the awesome sensations of hearing and smell.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Tumpkin in "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd".

* CurseThatCures: In "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd", a curse is used to cure [[spoiler:another curse--a local boy realizes the family's curse-induced lycanthropy can be cured by inciting the Caliph to curse them with something else, since there's a limit on how many curses one person can have at a time]].

* KingIncognito: In "The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd", the vizier's daughter befriends a boy she assumes is the son of some court official or servant. He turns out to be the son and heir of the Caliph himself.

* ''Literature/CruelSisters'' - a short story from ''The Book of Enchantments"

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: In "Cruel Sisters", as in the ballad it's based on.

** "Cruel Sisters", a retelling of [[Literature/ChildBallads Child Ballad #10, "The Twa Sisters"]].

* HistoricalFantasy: Several, including an adaptation of ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed''.

* HistoricalFantasy: Several, including ''Snow White and Rose Red''.

Her other works include two series of [[RegencyEngland Regency]] Fantasy (one beginning with ''Mairelon the Magician'' and the other, co-written with Creator/CarolineStevermer, with ''Literature/SorceryAndCecelia''), and a series set in the world of Literature/{{Lyra}}, as well as a number of stand-alone novels (including ''The Seven Towers'') and numerous short stories.

* BlueBlood: Several characters in the Regency fantasy ''Mairelon'' novels.

* FriendOrFoe: In ''Mairelon the Magician'', Kim is accosted as she comes out of the pub, and blacks his eye before she realizes it's Mairelon.
* GentlemanWizard: Mairelon.
* HistoricalFantasy: Several, including ''Snow White and Rose Red'' and the ''Mairelon'' series.
* InstantRunes: Averted in ''Mairelon the Magician'', and more explicitly in ''Magician's Ward'', as Mairelon explains that the use of most magic requires runes prepared in advance.
* MagicalForeignWords: In the Mairelon series, magicians use a foreign language because if you try to cast a spell using your own native language, it becomes uncontrollable. The amount of danger increases the further along you get in your magic studies. A first-year student casting a spell in their native language isn't likely to have results that are too awful, mostly because they are not yet able to use that much power. A third-year student casting a spell in their native language may be dealing with the consequences for weeks.
* MagiciansAreWizards: The title character of ''Mairelon the Magician'' is a wizard who chooses the role of stage magician (in which he is also competent) to hide from the law, as nobody would expect a ''real'' magician to waste his time playing marketplaces.
* TheMagocracy: The ''Mairelon'' novels are set in a world where magic does exist, and Wizards are so influential that the government and society bows to them. Specifically British Parliament had to move out of its building because the Wizards already worked in it, and Wizards are automatically considered social equals of any level in society. It's never implied that the King of Britain is a wizard, but the Russian royalty certainly is.
* MentorShip: In the sequel to ''Mairelon''.
* OldRetainer: Hunch in ''Mairelon''

* RegencyEngland: Several, including the ''Mairelon'' series.

* StreetUrchin: Kim, the protagonist of ''Mairelon the Magician''.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: In "Cruel Sisters".

* LanguageOfMagic: In the Mairelon series, magicians use a foreign language because it's insanely dangerous to try casting a spell in your native tongue. The amount of danger increases the further along you get in your magic studies. A first-year student casting a spell in their native language isn't likely to have results that are too awful, mostly because they are not yet able to use that much power. A third-year student casting a spell in their native language may be dealing with the consequences for weeks.

* TwiceToldTale: ''Snow White and Rose Red'', a novel-length retelling of "Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed" which updates the setting to Elizabethan England and casts John Dee as the villain.