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Sixteen when a baby is brought to her to raise, Sybel has grown up on Eld Mountain. Her only playmates are the creatures of a fantastic menagerie called there by wizardry. Sybel has cared nothing for humans, until the baby awakens emotions previously unknown to her. And when Coren--the man who brought this child--returns, Sybel's world is again turned upside down.

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派翠西亞‧麥奇莉普（Patricia Anne McKillip, 1948.2.29-）

生於美國奧瑞岡州西冷市，於加州聖荷西州立大學獲得英國文學碩士學位。碩士畢業後成為專職作家，尤以奇幻小說知名%%，著有多本奇幻長篇小說，包括The Book of Atrix Wolfe、Winter Rose、Song for the Basilisk等書。此外，亦寫作成人與青少年小說。

1975年以《女巫與幻獸》獲得世界奇幻獎、1994年《豐饒與陌異》獲創神奇幻文學獎（Mythopoeic Award）、《風中豎琴手》入圍雨果獎、《冬日玫瑰》入圍星雲獎。現居奧瑞岡州。