Patrick Rothfuss is one of the most interesting and unique writers of this generation.You won't find Twilight love stories here.His unique writing style paired with his special sense of humor has given rise to some of the most mind capturing pieces of work of this decade.His work has been critically acclaimed for his unique sense of writing style and captivating story lines.It won't be long before he makes millions of dollars selling the book rights over for a major motion picture trilogy for his bestselling books.Patrick Rothfuss is a bestselling American writer who capitalizes on creating fantasy works and is also a guest lecturer at some of the major universities around the United States.Patrick Rothfuss was born on June 6th, 1973 in Madison, Wisconsin.He was active at his school newspaper The Pointer at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.He is a naturally gifted fantasy writer which is demonstrated in all of his literary works of art.He currently works at his Alma Mata.He wrote the critically acclaimed The Kingkiller Chronicle which expanded into a three-volume series.But just because he is a best seller, it doesn't mean that this is the first honorable nod that he has received in the literary world.In fact, in 2002 Patrick Rothfuss won the prestigious Writers of the Future award in 2002 for his work The Road to Levinshir.He eventually sold this novel to DAW Books.His career exploded with the release of The Name of the Wind, the first part of his three-part series of the KingKiller Chronicle.In 2007, he won the Quail Award and the "Best Books of the Year" award from Publishers Weekly from their Science Fiction/ Fantasy/ Horror division.He also became a #1 New York Times Best Seller for his trilogy.The second book released in the trilogy is The Wise Man's Fear which was released in March of 2011.The last book in the trilogy is titled The Doors of Stone.The release date has yet to be revealed for all of the Patrick Rothfuss fans out there.Other works that Rothfuss has published and been critically acclaimed for his unique style of writing include "The Adventures of the Princess and Mr.Whiffle" published in July of 2010 and Subterranean. Tales of Dark Fantasy where he published his award-winning The Road to Levinshir.There is no doubt that Patrick Rothfuss is a leading writer in the fantasy genre.He has brought a unique style of writing that most authors could only wish of possessing.He is an enormously talented fantasy writer, one who has yet to be fully recognized for all of his powerful and inspiring work within the genre.He is certainly a writing superstar with much more critically acclaimed work to come.
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