Tamora Pierce. 23 books (LIT)

List (LIT1):

Circle of Magic 01 - Sandry's Book.lit

Circle of Magic 02 - Tris's Story.lit

Circle of Magic 03 - Daja's Story.lit

Circle of Magic 04 - Briar's Book.lit

Daughter of the Lioness 01 - Trickster's Choice.lit

Daughter of the Lioness 02 - Trickster's Queen.lit

Protector of the Small 01 - First Test.lit

Protector of the Small 02 - Page.lit

Protector of the Small 03 - Squire.lit

Protector of the Small 04 - Lady Knight.lit

The Circle Opens 01 - Magic Steps.lit

The Circle Opens 02 - Street Magic.lit

The Circle Opens 03 - Cold Fire.lit

The Circle Opens 04 - Shatterglass.lit

The Immortals 01 - Wild Magic.lit

The Immortals 02 - Wolf-Speaker.lit

The Immortals 03 - Emperor Mage.lit

The Immortals 04 - The Realms of the Gods.lit

The Immortals, Omnibus.lit

The Song Of The Lioness Quartet 01 - Alanna - The First Adventure.lit

The Song Of The Lioness Quartet 02 - Alanna - In The Hand of the Goddess.lit

The Song Of The Lioness Quartet 03 - Alanna - The Woman Who Rides Like A Man.lit

The Song Of The Lioness Quartet 04 - Alanna - Lioness Rampant.lit

LIT2 (22 books in one LIT file):

Tortall Series

1 - The Song of the Lioness

-1 Alanna: The First Adventure (1989)

-2 In the Hand of the Goddess (1990)

-3 Woman Who Rides Like A Man (1990)

-4 The Lioness Rampant (1990)

2 - The Immortals

-1 Wild Magic (1992)

-2 Wolfspeaker (1994)

-3 Emperor Mage (1995)

-4 Realm of the Gods (1996)

3 - Protector of the Small

-1 First Test (1999)

-2 Page (2000)

-3 Squire (2001)

-4 Lady Knight (2002)

4 - Daughter of the Lioness

-1 Trickster's Choice (2003)

-2 Trickster's Queen (2004)

The Circle Series

1 - The Circle of Magic

-1 Sandry's Book (1999)

-2 Tris's Book (1999)

-3 Daja's Book (1999)

-4 Briar's Book (2000)

2 - The Circle Opens

-1 Magic Steps (2000)

-2 Street Magic (2001)

-3 Cold Fire (2002)

-4 Shatterglass (2004)

Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is a fantasy author who writes books for young adults. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania.

Best known for writing stories involving young heroines, she made a name for herself with her first quartet The Song of The Lioness, which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight. Pierce is also the co-founder of the forum Sheroes Central.

The Tortall Universe

Tortall is a major country in the universe in which the Song of the Lioness, Immortals, Protector of the Small, Daughter of the Lioness and the Provost's Dog books take place. Its capital is Corus, located near the western coast on the Emerald Ocean. To the north is Scanra, a wild and somewhat barbaric country with whom Tortall went to war in the last two books of the Protector of the Small quartet. To the east are Galla, Tusaine, and Tyra, and past them are Maren and Sarain. Carthak is south of Tortall across the inland sea, while to the west lie the Yamani Islands and the Copper Isles. Most of the Trickster books took place in the Copper Isles, further south than the Yamani Islands.

The Song of the Lioness

The story of Alanna of Trebond (later Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau), a ground-breaking female knight. Although noble-born girls traditionally go to the convent to learn how to be proper noblewomen and wives, Alanna desires to become a knight, a position only given to noble-born boys. In order to achieve her dream, Alanna disguises herself as a boy under the name of Alan and goes to the palace in her twin brother, Thom's, place, while Thom goes to the convent to become a sorcerer. The twin's father is concerned only with his studies, and pays them little attention, which helps their masquarade, while their mother is dead. The series follows Alanna's training and the early years of her knighthood, a timespan of ten years.

1. Alanna: The First Adventure (1983)

Alanna, a young noble girl, disguises herself as a boy with the help of her twin brother, Thom, in order to realize her dream of becoming a knight as T