Patricia C. Wrede – American fantasy author of the late 20th and early 21st century, best known for the Enchanted Forest Chronicles and her collaboration with Caroline Stevermer on The Cecelia and Kate novels. Her stories are playful, witty, and full of unconventional princesses and dragons who turn fairy-tale tropes upside down.
🐉 Began writing while working as an accountant. 📚 Published her first novel in the 1980s, but fame came with the Enchanted Forest series. 👑 Her princesses don’t wait to be rescued – they take charge themselves. ✒️ Loves to twist and parody traditional fairy-tale formulas. 🤝 Her partnership with Caroline Stevermer produced a beloved epistolary fantasy. 🌍 Her books have been translated worldwide and are especially popular among teens. 📖 Believes a story must first be exciting for the writer herself. 🧵 Known for weaving light humour into dramatic situations. 💡 Says fairy tales are “a way to see our own lives from another angle.” 😉 Once joked that “my princesses are better at bookkeeping than at ballroom dancing.” 😄 Fans laugh that after her books they often root for the dragons more than the humans.