Moiras Pen, Megan Whalen Turner
Moiras Pen, Megan Whalen Turner
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Moira's Pen
A Queen's Thief Collection

Author: Megan Whalen Turner

Narrator: Steve West

Unabridged: 3 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Journey to the world of the Queen’s Thief in this beautifully illustrated collection, featuring bestselling and award-winning author Megan Whalen Turner’s charismatic and incorrigible thief, Eugenides. Discover and rediscover friends old and new, and explore the inspiration behind Megan Whalen Turner’s rich and original world. A stunning and collectible volume to return to again and again. This collectible companion to the New York Times–bestselling Queen’s Thief series is ideal for longtime fans, as well as listeners discovering Megan Whalen Turner’s epic and unforgettable world for the first time. The collection includes all of the author’s previously published short fiction set in the world of the Queen’s Thief, as well as never-before-published stories, vignettes and excerpts, poetry and rhymes, a guide to objects from museums around the world that inspired the author, and a very special recipe for almond cake.The kings and queens of Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis all make unforgettable appearances, as do beloved and surprising characters from throughout the series and beyond. Meet Eugenides as a young boy in “Breia’s Earrings,” and Irene as a young princess in “The Princess and the Pastry Chef.”The six novels in the acclaimed and bestselling Queen’s Thief series are rich with political machinations, divine intervention, dangerous journeys, battles lost and won, power, passion, and deception. This volume features an introduction by the author. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Megan Whalen Turner

Megan Whalen Turner is the New York Times–bestselling and award-winning author of five stand-alone novels set in the world of the Queen’s Thief. Return of the Thief marks her long-awaited conclusion to the epic and unforgettable story of the thief Eugenides—a story more than twenty years in the making. She has been awarded a Newbery Honor and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature. She has twice been a finalist for the Andre Norton Award and won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on December 16, 2024

4.5 stars rounded up If you like the Queen's Thief series this beautifully illustrated collection is definitely worth reading! It's a fun mix of short stories that add context and texture to the world and characters, interspersed with the author discussing ancient archaeological finds that influenced......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on November 08, 2022

I won't be able to review this until I reread it a few times. It's definitely a collection for existing fans, because I have no idea how a new reader would make sense of this. Parts of this book felt a little bit like an epilogue for the series. I got weirdly choked up during the first story, and op......more

Goodreads review by Janine on December 12, 2022

12/12/22 Jennie and I reviewed this for Dear Author a week ago. Here’s an excerpt from our review. Janine: Megan Whalen Turner completed her Queen’s Thief series two years ago, and the essays, stories and vignettes in Moira’s Pen, a new collection of set in the same world and featuring some of the sa......more

Goodreads review by Brok3n on November 01, 2022

A glimpse into Megan Whalen Turner's mind Moira's Pen: A Queen's Thief Collection arrived at a good time for me. Every now and again my back decides to torment me with muscle spasms, and I get to spend several days at home immobile until the capricious God of Muscle Spasms frees me. Thus the release......more