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Ruth Nichols
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Ruth Nichols was born in Toronto. At age 18 she wrote her first novel to be published, A Walk Out of the World. That young-adult fantasy was published by Longmans in Canada and Harcourt Brace in America with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman, when Nichols was 20 or 21.
She received her B.A. in religious studies from the University of British Columbia, and her M.A. in 1972 and Ph.D. in 1977, both from McMaster University. She lectured for several years at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Her last published novel was historical fiction, "What Dangers Deep", set in the Elizabethan era. In 1998, health problems, including epilepsy, forced Nichols to live in a chronic care facility in Toronto.
Ruth Nichols' novels for young adults are some of the best in the genre of fantasy. Predating Harry Potter by decades, her beautifully written books feature characters with unusual powers, wizards and worlds of wonder where good versus evil. These books alone establish Ruth Nichols as a major Canadian writer.
Book List in Order: 7 titles
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The Burning of the Rose
- Mar-1991
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As the Hundred Years' War draws to a close, beautiful Claire Tarleton--musician, artists' model, and scholar--must flee with her family to her mother's native Normandy where she confronts her past and the political turbulence of her times. In th...
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