Alanna: The First Adventure Resources

Check this out to see what the author of the Alanna books is up to.

Tripping over your tongue? Tamora Pierce has a handy pronunciation guide for you here.

Don't cite it in your research paper or anything, but this Wiki is devoted specifically to the works of Tamora Pierce and maintained by her fans, so we're guessing that it's pretty accurate.

You know you've made it as a writer when you're interviewed in The Atlantic. Learn Tamora Pierce's thoughts on birth control in fantasy lands, the sacrifices required of female characters (like Alanna, duh), and more in this Atlantic interview.

In this one, she tells us that she can't stand to look back at the Alanna books because she feels like she tried to cram too much in. Whoops!

Curious about what the author of Alanna does before sitting down to write every day? You'll find your answers here.

Check out this nifty fanmade trailer for the Song of the Lioness Series. Fans are awesome.

You won't know all the characters if you've only read the first book, but it's worth a view just to see who these fans cast as Duke Roger.

According to Pierce, she writes the books she had always wanted to read as a kid.

This is the copy Shmoop had in our childhood library.

Here's another cover for Alanna: The First Adventure—this one with a pimpin' purple hat.

Here's a Thai cover for Alanna: The First Adventure. We can't read it, but dig her short haircut.

Here's a Japanese cover, and same deal: it's cool to see how Alanna is imagined in another culture's translation.

Here's a gallery of all the cover art for all of Pierce's novels. Get some snacks; it's be a while.