Patrick Rothfuss
Author · 49 books
Patrick Rothfuss, born in Wisconsin in 1973, worked as an English lecturer at Stevens Point College. His debut novel, *The Name of the Wind*, was published in 2007 as the first volume of *The Kingkiller Chronicle*. Rothfuss received the Quill Award and the Publishers Weekly Award for Best Fantasy Book of the Year for the novel in 2007. In 2009, *The Name of the Wind* won the German Phantastik Preis for Best International Novel.