The Essential Patricia A. McKillip
by Patricia A. McKillip, Ellen Kushner (Introduction), Thomas Canty (Cover illustration)
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Pub Date Oct 28 2025 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld) has inspired generations of readers with her enchanting, and subversive fiction. This lovely hardcover career-retrospective edition offers McKillip’s finest short stories. Featuring an original introduction by Ellen Kushner (Swordspoint) and cover art from frequent McKillip illustrator Thomas Canty, The Essential Patricia A. McKillip is a must-have for fans of classic fantasy.
Patricia A. McKillip has been widely hailed as one of fantasy’s most significant authors. She was lauded as “rich and regal” (the New York Times), “enchanting” (the Washington Post), and “luminous” (Library Journal).
Within McKillip’s magical landscapes, a mermaid statue comes to life; princesses dance with dead suitors; a painting and a muse possess a youthful artist; seductive sea travelers enrapture distant lovers, a time-traveling angel endures religious madness; and an overachieving teenage mage discovers her own true name.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
Praise for Patricia A. McKillip
“Rich and regal.”
—New York Times
“Gorgeous, lyrical prose.”
—Guardian
“McKillip deserves all the praise she received for creating such a masterful, brave, intricately crafted universe.”
—Starburst
“McKillip’s is the first name that comes to mind when I’m asked whom I read myself.”
—Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn
“Some authors we read for their characters and their plots, others for the beauty of their language. I read McKillip for all three.”
—Charles de Lint, author of The Riddle of the Wren
“Wise and deep.”
—Antick Musings
“Fear, hope, love, hatred, and all that makes us human assume magical forms in McKillip’s characteristically gorgeous prose.”
—E. Lily Yu, author of On Fragile Waves
“Soaring prose, lyrics to songs our hearts have forgotten they knew how to sing.”
—Seattle Review of Books
“Full of magic, wonder and fantastic creatures.”
—Speculative Herald
Ageless, eternal, light and perfect like a star.”
—SF Site
“Patricia McKillip weaves an incredibly rich, poetic, wise and mystical story.”
—St. Louis Dispatch-Post
[STARRED REVIEW] “World Fantasy Award winner McKillip can take the most common fantasy elements, dragons and bards, sorcerers and shape-shifters and reshape them in surprising and resonant ways.”
—Publishers Weekly
“I read, and reread McKillip eagerly. She reminds me that fantasy is worth writing.”
—Stephen R. Donaldson, author of Lord Foul’s Bane
“Ever since finding and loving The Riddle-Master of Hed many years ago, I have read everything Patricia McKillip has written. You should too.”
—Garth Nix, author of Sabriel
Marketing Plan
- Reviews and features in Oregon regional and national media outlets and social media
- Promotion at major trade and genre conventions, including BEA, Readercon, the International Convention for the Fantastic in the Arts, and the World Fantasy Convention
- Planned ARC distribution and book giveaways to include NetGalley, Goodreads, Edelweiss, Tor.com, and additional online outlets
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781616964481 |
| PRICE | $26.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 320 |
