The Gift
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature: Best Novel nominee (1998).
World Fantasy Award: Best Novel nominee (1998).
The Gift is an exploration of the art of storytelling, a coming-of-age tale in a place and time when magic is not the ring to be grabbed but the poison to be shunned. This Gift is one that will be opened, read, and treasured for a long time to come.
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Patrick O'Leary
Patrick O’Leary’s first novel, Door Number Three, was lauded by Publishers Weekly as a best book of the year. His second book, The Gift, was a finalist for both the World Fantasy Award and the Mythopoetic Award. O’Leary’s The Impossible Bird was selected as one of Locus’s top novels of the year. He has also published two acclaimed short story collections: Other Voices, Other Doors and The Black Heart. O’Leary lives near Detroit, where he continues to write fiction, and takes part in the prestigious Michigan Writer Series.
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