Geboortedatum: 1973
Geslacht: female
Geboorteplaats: Turners Falls, Massachusetts, USA
Woonplaatsen: Wellington, New Zealand
Beroepen: animator
Agent: Edwards Fuglewicz, London
Korte biografie: Mary Victoria was born in 1973 in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Despite this she managed to live most of her life in other places, including Cyprus, Canada, Sierra Leone, France and the UK. She studied art and film, and worked as an animator for 10 years. She now lives in Wellington with her husband and daughter.
More on: http://maryvictoria.livejournal.com/

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Tymon's Flight door Mary Victoria

Great book, I read this when it first came out but only recently bought books 2 and 3. After eight years I remembered very little of the plot, only that I had enjoyed it. Tymon is an indentured student, in a city perched in a vast tree that is the whole known world. He feels luckless as a penniless teenager in a rich city, but gradually learns that life out on the fringes is far far worse. His eccentric scientist friend has dreams of building a dirigible and sailing where no one has ever been, but is condemned by the strict priesthood. What are the priests hiding?… (meer)

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Griffin22 | 2 andere besprekingen | Oct 25, 2018 |

Samiha's Song. Mary Victoria (Chronicles of the Tree) door Mary Victoria

Samiha's Song is the second volume in Mary Victoria's Chronicles of the Tree trilogy. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the excellent first volume, Tymon's Flight, mainly because it took a while to get going, but it does the things the second book of a fantasy trilogy should do: it deepens the world in which the story takes place, introduces new complications, and prepares the main character for the trials to be faced in the concluding volume, Oracle's Fire. I think that should be a cracker.

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timjones | Feb 27, 2012 |

Oracle's Fire (Chronicles of the Tree, Book 3) door Mary Victoria

A very satisfying ending to this excellent fantasy series, suitably bittersweet, and with more solid character development for the protagonists. I find myself most impressed with how fully the world of the Tree (in terms of ecology, cultures, etc) has been realised; with the fully-developed mythology and how even typical fantasy tropes, such as the use of prophecy, didn't go unquestioned; and with the author's insistence on the humanity of her characters and refusal to demonise even the worst of societies or to romanticise the rebels. The few flaws include some parts of the finale feeling somewhat fragmented, a few slightly clumsy shifts in viewpoint, and being a little too prone to telling rather than showing. All in all, I think Mary Victoria is a gifted author, and I'm looking forward to seeing how her talents develop.… (meer)

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salimbol | Feb 11, 2012 |

Tymon's Flight: Chronicles of the Tree Bk 1 door Mary Victoria

Really enjoyable first novel in the Chronicles of the Tree YA fantasy trilogy. It's not often these days that I get caught up in a fantasy or SF story as I used to do when I was teenager, but Tymon's Flight brought back those delicious "what's going to happen next??" feelings. I'm looking forward to remaining books in the series.

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