Patrick Rothfuss Biography
Patrick Rothfuss ( Full name: Patrick James Rothfuss) is an American writer of epic fantasy.
He is best known for his series The Kingkiller Chronicle, which won him several awards, involving the 2007 Quill Award for his debut novel, The Name of the Wind. Its sequel, The Wise Man’s Fear, topped The New York Times Best Seller list.
In 2006, he sold his novel The Name of the Wind to DAW Books, which was released in 2007. It won a Quill Award “for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror” and was listed among Publishers Weekly’s “Books of the Year.” It also won an Alex Award in 2008.
Its sequel, The Wise Man’s Fear, was published in March 2011 and reached No. 1 on the New York Times Hardback Fiction Best Seller List. The Slow Regard of Silent Things was published in October 2014 as a companion tale for The Kingkiller Chronicle, featuring character Auri.
In August 2012, he began a monthly podcast called The Story Board on fantasy, featuring authors such as Terry Brooks and Brandon Sanderson. The Story Board ran for eight episodes.
In June 2015, he and Max Temkin started a podcast called Unattended Consequences, then named Untitled Patrick Rothfuss. In 2014, the author started collaborating with James Ernest to create an abstract strategy game called Tak based on the game featured in his book The Wise Man’s Fear.
He has played a character named Viari in the Penny Arcade’s live Dungeons & Dragons games known as Acquisitions Inc. from Season 7 onward, as well as a guest role in its spin-off show “The ‘C’ Team”. He also role-played as guest character Kerrek in Geek and Sundry’s show Critical Role episode 56, “Hope,” and again in episodes 81–84.
He also recorded a letter his character wrote which was heard in episode 69, “Passed Through Fire”. American native was a guest on Wil Wheaton’s Tabletop, playing Lords of Waterdeep on Episode 10 of Season 2, which he won.
Patrick Rothfuss Age
Patrick James Rothfuss is an American writer of epic fantasy. He was born on 6th June 1973 in Madison, WI. Thus James is 46 years old as of 2019.
Patrick Rothfuss Family | Patrick Rothfuss Early Life
He was born and raised in Wisconsin, where he later settled with his two children and his partner Sarah. He has kept silent about her father, mother, brothers and sisters information. We will update you when he reveals them to the public.
Patrick Rothfuss was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and received his B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1999. He contributed to The Pointer, the campus paper, and produced a widely circulated parody warning about the Goodtimes Virus.
James received an M.A. at Washington State University and returned to teach at Stevens Point. In 2002, he won the Writers of the Future 2002 Second Quarter competition with “The Road to Levenshir,” an excerpt from his prior unpublished novel The Wise Man’s Fear.
Patrick Rothfuss Wife
He is engaged to his girlfriend Sarah Rothfuss. They have two sons and reside in a house they bought in the United States. Below is the couple’s conversation via Facebook.
Sarah: I love you.
Patrick: Is this the kind of love that makes you angry?
Sarah: What?
Patrick: The other day you said, “I’m sorry I’ve been so angry at you. It’s just that I love you so much….”
Sarah: No.
Patrick: Is this the love that makes you hate me? We’ve had that too.
Sarah: Just hug me.
Patrick: I have to check. This shit is increasingly dangerous.
Sarah: [Starts to get teary.]
Patrick: Ah fuck. Do we have another one? Is this love-that-makes-you-sad? Most people just call that “sadness,” you know. Have you considered that maybe you don’t know what emotions are actually called?
Concerning Love
So I wasn’t going to do a Valentine’s Day post. Partly because I’m busy. And partly because I could really give a fuck. And partly because I’m a contrary person by my very nature.
But some things have happened today that have made me think about the nature of love. And that is something I’m interested in. And if by odd coincidence this post happens to be timely…. Well, I suppose I can stand being timely once in my life.
Patrick Rothfuss Net Worth
Patrick is an American writer and college lecturer who has an estimated net worth of $4 million dollars as of 2019. He is best known for his series The Kingkiller Chronicle. Patrick іѕ оnе оf thе wеаlthіеѕt wrіtеrѕ іn thе Unіtеd Ѕtаtеѕ. Не hаѕ а wеbѕіtе, раtrісkrоthfuѕѕ.соm
Аrоund 2008, the writer fоundеd аn оrgаnіѕаtіоn, “Wоrldbuіldеrѕ” fоr hеlріng реорlе. Тhе оrgаnіѕаtіоn began bу thе Раtrісk hаѕ gеnеrаtеd аlmоѕt $7 mіllіоn dollars fоr рrоvіdіng еduсаtіоn, hеаlth fасіlіtіеѕ, еtс. fоr thе реорlе іn thе dеvеlоріng соuntrіеѕ.
Patrick Rothfuss Books |Patrick Rothfuss Goodreads | Patrick Rothfuss Books In Order
The Name of the Wind 2007
The Doors of Stone The Wise Man’s Fear 2011
The Slow Regard of Silent Things 2014
The Lightning Tree 2017
El Arbol Del Relampago 2015
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1 2019
The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Beneath the Bed 2010
Unfettered 2013
Rothfuss 2016
Kaze No Namae 1 2017
The Princess and Mr. Whiffle Coloring Book 2014
The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Dark of Deep Below 2013
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons Director’s Cut #1 2019
Laniel’s Tale 2015
The Secret Loves of Geeks 2018
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #3 2018
Your Annotated, Illustrated College Survival Guide 2005
Untitled Rothfuss 3 Of 3 2012
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #2 2018
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #4 2019
Untitled Rothfuss 1 Of 1 2017
Patrick Rothfuss Name Of The Wind
Name Of The Wind
The Name of the Wind also called “The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One”, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy (The Kingkiller Chronicle)followed by The Wise Man’s Fear. It was published on March 27. 2007 by DAW Books.
Writing history
The 45 years old drew inspiration from the idea that he wanted a completely new kind of book that does not have the generic characteristics of fantasy.
Prior to release, an excerpt from the novel was released as a short story titled “The Road to Levinshir”, which won the Writers of the Future contest in 2002. A sequel entitled (The Wise Man’s Fear) was released on 1st March 2011 by DAW Books.
Structure
The book is divided into two timelines: the first in the present, told through a third-person narrator; the second in protagonist Kvothe’s past, narrated by Kvothe himself. It also contains a “prologue” and an “epilogue”, which are almost word-for-word identical texts, but they have subtle changes that can cause different thoughts.
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August 30, 2019
Events and Booksignings at PAX West Exclamation Point
Hello there.
*clears throat*
The online dictionary I checked defines Seattle as “a port city in West Washington on the Puget Sound” In this essay I will …..
No, wait. The joke now is TED talk, right? Please tell me how the youths joke now? I am alone and confused and this city is so large. How many nickles do I need to buy a hot dog from a street vendor? Are street vendors still a thing? ARE HOT DOGS?
This weekend (when I’m not scrambling to feel connected to the slang of today) I’ll be at PAX West (!(exclamation point)).
Naturally, I’ll be on stage Ding all the Ds with my Acc Inc peeps.
But also, for the first time in a long time, have some booth space with some honest-to-goodness merch here at PAX. I’ll be at Table Titans Booth (7609).
While I go to PAXes fairly regularly and even do signings there, I can’t remember the last time I actually managed to have books available for people, let alone the sexy new 10th anniversary edition of NOTW…
We’ll also have Tak sets, special capstones, decks of NOTW themed cards, handmade dice… and all manner of books I’ll happily sign for you. It’s a great gatheration of geekery. It slaps.
We’ve got a bunch of other stuff, too. (Like the Rick and Morty Comics) But I do feel I should mention that supplies are limited, so if you’re *really* excited to buy something, you might want to swing by sooner rather than later. People have been asking me to sell books at this show for ages, so now that they’re actually here, they might get snapped up super quick once word gets out.
Here are all my official events for the weekend:
Edit: There was some bad data in the first draft of this blog, specifically the Sunday and Monday hours. The current times and places are correct.
We’ve also included a handy-dandy graphic at the end you can share on the socials if you’d like to help spread the word.
Friday, August 30th
Signing at Booth 7609
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – 6th floor
Acquisitions Incorporated Live
7:30 – 10:30 PM in the Main Theatre
Saturday, August 31
Signing at Booth 7609
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM – 6th floor
Sunday, September 1
Signing at Booth 7609
4:30 PM – 5:30 AM – 6th floor
Monday, September 2
Signing at Booth 7609
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM – 6th floor
Acquisition Inc Signing
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM – Autograph Area
Yeet me there, friends. It’ll be a bop.
Patrick Rothfuss Kingkiller
The Slow Regard of Silent Things was published in October 2014 as a companion tale for The Kingkiller Chronicle, featuring character Auri. Rothfuss has also released two novella-length stories set in the same world as The Kingkiller Chronicle in anthologies.
The Kingkiller Chronicle is a fantasy series by Patrick Rothfuss, which recounts the story of Kvothe, an adventurer and musician. The story is narrated from the third person but mostly consists of Kvothe narrating his life to ascribe in the first person. The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011, respectively and a third novel titled The Doors of Stone is still to be released. Collectively, the book series has sold over 10 million copies.
The plot is divided into two different timelines: the present, in which Kvothe tells the story of his life to Devan Lochees (known as Chronicler) in the Waystone Inn, and Kvothe’s past, which makes up the majority of the first two books. The present-day interludes are in the third person from the perspective of multiple characters, while the story of Kvothe’s life is told entirely in the first person from his own perspective.
The series also contains many metafictional stories-within-stories from varying perspectives, most of which are recounted by Kvothe, having been heard from other characters in his past.
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Patrick Rothfuss on Why It Took 15 Years to Write The Name of the Wind
WIRED Book Club just wrapped up their readthrough of The Name of the Wind and to cap off their introduction into The Kingkiller Chronicles, they have interviewed author Patrick Rothfuss about his writing process, magic systems, and why he considers his first draft such a “hot mess.”
Perhaps the most inspiring bit for writers is Rothfuss’ admission that it took 15 years to shape his first novel from an initial draft into the addictive magical romp we love. A lot of personal growth and work went into crafting The Name of the Wind.
When discussing the first draft of The Name of the Wind, Rothfuss explained to WIRED that “Science has no scale to measure the hotness of that mess.” His ideal going into the book was to create “something a little new and a little different.
But at the same time, I wanted it to be familiar and warm and exciting in nostalgic ways.” This was already a challenging balance to strike, and as he finished the first draft he realized that striving for that balance produced a story that seemed disconnected from itself.
I had no idea what I was doing in terms of structuring a story. I put words together fine. I could write a dialog and scene. I could even make an interesting chapter. But a book is so much more than a series of interesting chapters. And that’s what it took me a fucking decade to figure out.
These early struggles of learning to inject more tension into the book “made (Rothfuss’) life hell for 15 years.” As he worked he also had to learn to write beyond his own experience. WIRED asked him about writing the character of Denna in particular:
The truth is, Denna has always been the hardest character to bring into this book. Part of that is because I started writing it in ’94 when I was, like, a 20-year-old straight white boy. To say that I didn’t understand women is a vast understatement—and also implies that I understand what it’s like to exist as a woman now, which is also not the case.
The other part is that, narratively, she’s the one thing that Kvothe can’t opine on in an objective way. It’s so hard. I’ve made mistakes all over, but if I have a genuine failure in this book, it’s my lack of ability to do with Denna as much as I wish I could have.
Rothfuss also notes that The Name of the Wind underwent such a radical reworking over the course of those 15 years that main story threads vital to the novel, such as Auri, Devi, and the mystery of the school archives, were barely present in the initial draft.
“There was no Devi in the early books. There was so much that wasn’t in those initial drafts, simply because I had no idea what I was doing in terms of structuring a story.”
Experienced fantasy readers may be surprised to learn that while the story constantly shifted and morphed, the sympathetic magic system in Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicles has remained stable thanks to its scientific underpinnings:
It’s hard to get more scientific (than sympathy). I literally have the math for a lot of these things. I have run the numbers about how much heat it takes for this and that and accounting for slippage, or whatever. I can look at my chalkboard here and see all of the delta calculations for how much energy it takes to boil gold.
So I do the math…Once I explain that framework to you, if my characters are clever using the framework, then you can appreciate their cleverness at a different depth, and it’s very satisfying. You cannot get that same satisfaction in a world that does not have a cohesive, understandable, and explicit system.
The secondary magic system in the series, Naming, is a bit more… hand-wavy, but Rothfuss has put just as much consideration into it as he has for sympathy:
Well, for one, it’s super hard to actually do the math and have a cohesive system that actually bears up under the scrutiny of intelligent readers. Two, you miss one of the other things that magic has to offer in a story, and that is a sense of delight and wonder. Sympathy is many things, but it’s usually not wondrous. You never get true shock and amazement. So I wanted both. I wanted my cake and to eat it, too. On the other end of the spectrum is magic the art of which cannot be explained.
Finally, WIRED asked my favorite question: who makes it into the coveted Author’s Favorite Character spot?
Auri will always be very close to my heart. Elodin is also a treat. But it does change, and sometimes a character I really start out liking gets on my nerves—because it’s hard to keep writing them, and then they piss me off and I end up liking them less. In some ways, it’s harder to like Kvothe, both as a writer and, I suspect, as a reader. It’s way easier to be infatuated with somebody than to be in a long-term relationship with them.
In addition to specific answers about his books, Rothfuss also had a more free-ranging discussion of how his life as a writer differs from the mythology of what it is to be a writer. He emphasizes the hard work it takes and talks about bad habits and laziness that people can fall into as they’re starting out.
It’s especially interesting to hear his take on slowly drafting an epic story. Rather than dwelling on his initial inspiration, or talking about writing workshops, Rothfuss gives the sense that he simply wrote and wrote and re-wrote, painstakingly learning his craft with each new draft.
Because Rothfuss was willing to take the time to dig in and retool these drafts, he was able to create a great work of fantasy. You can (and should) read the whole interview over at WIRED – there’s a treasure trove of fun facts for Rothfuss fans, and some great advice for writers.
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The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011, respectively and a third novel titled The Doors of Stone is still to be released. Collectively, the book series has sold over 10 million copies.
The Kingkiller Chronicle is a fantasy series by Patrick Rothfuss, which recounts the story of Kvothe, an adventurer and musician. The story is narrated from the third person but mostly consists of Kvothe narrating his life to a scribe in the first person.
The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011, respectively and a third novel titled The Doors of Stone is still to be released. Collectively, the book series has sold over 10 million copies.