Turner is best known for her series of young adult novels primarily revolving around a character named Eugenides. She published the stories as Instead of Three Wishes: Magical Short Stories in 1995.

Turner began writing a collection of short fantasy stories after moving to California in 1989. Before becoming an author, she worked as a children's book buyer for bookstores in Chicago and Washington D.C. Turner received her BA with honors in English language and literature from the University of Chicago in 1987. In 1997, The Thief was named a Newbery Honor book. She is best known for her novel The Thief and its five sequels. All rights reserved.Megan Whalen Turner (born November 21, 1965) is an American writer of fantasy fiction for young adults. The magus and his companions set off, with Gen brought along as a ‘useful sort of tool.’” (So vivid are the geography and the details of daily life that the reader can easily believe in the existence of this imaginary landscape.) Gen, a thief languishing in the royal dungeons, is summarily reclaimed by the king’s magus, who wants him to steal the unstealable: a legendary stone conferring the power of the throne of Eddis, a rival neighboring country, on its bearer. “A tantalizing, suspenseful, exceptionally clever novel is set in a Mediterranean-like country called Sounis in a time when the old gods have just been supplanted. Read an extra story from this book, which is included in the paperback. Young Adult Library Services Assocatiion Best Books for Young Adults, 1997 Gen has plans of his own.Īmerican Library Association List of Notable Books, 1997

The magus has plans for his King and his country. When his bragging lands him behind bars he has one chance to win his freedom, journey to a neighboring kingdom with the magus, find a legendary stone called Hamiathes’s Gift, and steal it. When he needs something stolen, he pulls a young thief from the King's prison to do the job for him. He's not a wizard, he’s a scholar, an aging solider, not a thief. The most powerful advisor to the King of Sounis is the magus. * this ends the hidden synopsis script - */ * this controls the hidden synopsis - */

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