Megan Whalen Turner
1965
Megan Whalen Turner is one the most popular authors from America, who likes to write her books based on the young adult, fiction, and fantasy genres. She is particularly famous for writing the award winning series called The Queen’s Thief. Author Turner earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in the English literature and language from the Chicago University in the year 1987. Her best known series is said to revolve primarily around the character called Eugenides. Author Turner did not give any title to the series initially, but it was called so by her fans. The series’ first book was awarded with the Newbery Honor Prize. In addition to this popular series, author Turner has also written and published a short story collection. Her novel series is also referred sometimes by the name ‘Attolia, The Thoef of Eddis’. Author Turner began her writing career in the year 1995 with the release of her collection of short stories known as Instead of Three Wishes. She wrote and published her first novel in 1996 under the title of The Thief. Author Turner was born in the year 1965 and was the youngest among her siblings. Turner likes to move around very much. She traveled extensively while she was growing up and still continues to do so. She is married to a Cognitive Scientist and professor named Mark Turner. He works at the Case Western University. They have lived in Oslo, Norway for a period of one year. Now, they have shifted back to Ohio. After completing her graduation, Turner took up bookselling and worked for 7 to 8 years. Finally, she decided to move on and try her hand at writing stories. Turner likes to remain in contact with her fans and readers through her e-mail. She even likes to answer their queries and questions. However, she adds that she does not like to give out too much information about herself. Turner is used to relocating very often because of the research work of her husband. She finds it useful for her writing career too as she gets the opportunity to use the beautiful landscapes of the visiting places as the background of her stories. She got a lot of chances likes this prior to the start of her writing career, but used the setting only once when she was in California for a year. Turner used the background of olive trees near her place of residence to develop the story of her first book.