1. Patrick James Rothfuss was born on June 6,1973 and is an American author.
11 Facts About Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss is best known for his highly acclaimed series The Kingkiller Chronicle, beginning with Rothfuss' debut novel, The Name of the Wind, which won several awards, and continuing in the sequel, The Wise Man's Fear, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list.
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Patrick Rothfuss contributed to The Pointer, the campus paper, and produced a widely circulated parody warning about the Goodtimes Virus.
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Patrick Rothfuss won the Writers of the Future 2002 Second Quarter competition with "The Road to Levenshir", an excerpt from his then-unpublished novel The Wise Man's Fear.
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In 2006, Rothfuss sold his novel The Name of the Wind to DAW Books, which was released in 2007.
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Patrick Rothfuss has released two stories set in the same world as The Kingkiller Chronicle in anthologies.
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In December 2021, Patrick Rothfuss partnered with Grim Oak Press to create a new imprint called Underthing Press.
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Patrick Rothfuss stated that he'd always daydreamed of starting his own imprint and he decided to create Underthing Press when he realized he couldn't buy a new copy of Digger Omnibus after giving his copy to a friend.
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In December 2021, Patrick Rothfuss tweeted that he would "[s]hare a full chapter of Doors of Stone" if his charity reached a $333,333 fundraising goal.
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In 2014, Patrick Rothfuss began 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.
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Patrick Rothfuss was a member of the story design team for inXile's Torment: Tides of Numenera game.