American writer Patrick Rothfuss was born on June 6, 1973 in Madison. From childhood, Rothfuss’ favorite occupation was reading books. He read them incessantly, rarely spending time on television. Over time, this craving grew into a desire to write something yourself. In 1991, the future writer entered the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. At first, he decided to become a chemist, then chose the faculty of clinical psychology and eventually changed the status of his training to “no specialization”.
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American writer Patrick Rothfuss was born on June 6, 1973 in Madison. From childhood, Rothfuss’ favorite occupation was reading books. He read them incessantly, rarely spending time on television. Over time, this craving grew into a desire to write something yourself.
In 1991, the future writer entered the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. At first, he decided to become a chemist, then chose the faculty of clinical psychology and eventually changed the status of his training to “no specialization”. This made it possible to study subjects at will. Patrick attended lectures and seminars on philosophy, medieval history, oriental theatre, anthropology, and sociology for six years. In 1999, with a Bachelor of English Literature, he continued his studies at the University of Washington and received a master’s degree there. Two years later, Patrick returned to Stevens Point, where he began teaching.
While still training, Rothfuss began work on the fantasy novel “Song of the Flame of Thunder.”
In addition, he wrote poetry, satirical prose for a university newspaper and scripts for a radio show. Already almost graduating from university, Rothfuss completed his book, which he had been writing for almost seven years, about the man-legend Kvought. The manuscript was sent to several publishers, but none took it to print. Then the writer went to the trick, and part of the novel, disguised as a story, sent to the contest of the prize “Writers of the Future”. The prize was awarded to his offspring.
A little later, the rights to the work were bought by DAW Books and, under the new title, The Chronicles of the King’s Assassin, broke it into three parts. In the end, there was an exciting trilogy - "The Name of the Wind", "Fear of the Sage", "Stone Gate".
Today, Patrick Rothfuss still lives in Wisconsin, teaches at his home university, loves to read, play computer games, create new characters and still despises television.