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Michelle Paver


Born
in Malawi
September 07, 1960

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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Young Adult


Michelle Paver was born in central Africa, but came to England as a child. After gaining a degree in biochemistry from Oxford University, she became a partner in a city law firm, but eventually gave that up to write full-time.

The hugely successful Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series arose from Michelle's lifelong passion for animals, anthropology and the distant past—as well as an encounter with a large bear in a remote valley in southern California. To research the books, Michelle has traveled to Finland, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Arctic Canada and the Carpathian Mountains. She has slept on reindeer skins, swum with wild orca (killer whales), and got nose-to-nose with polar bears—and, of course, wolves. ...more

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Dark Matter in the US

Hello,

I love your work and want to introduce Dark Matter to my book club but it's unavailable outside the UK. Why is that?

Michelle Replies…

Dear Kat, I’m so glad that you like my writing, and thank you for thinking of Dark Matter for your book club.  You’re correct that it’s not available in the US.  This is because my publishers haven’t yet been able to do a deal for it with US publish

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“Evil exists in us all, Torak. Some fight it. Some feed it. That's how it's always been.”
― Michelle Paver
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“Fear is the loneliest feeling. You can be in a throng of people, but if you're afraid, you're on your own.”
― Michelle Paver, Oath Breaker
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“There's always a choice,' said Torak, and walked backward off the cliff.”
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Polls

Who is your favorite character in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver?

What are these books?
 
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I'll say who my precious is in the comments.
 
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Torak
 
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Renn
 
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Wolf
 
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Bale
 
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Fin-Kedinn
 
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Shesru
 
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Nef
 
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Thiazzi
 
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Dark
 
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