Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick
Rothfuss had the good fortune to be born in Wisconsin in 1973, where
the long winters and lack of cable television encouraged a love of
reading and writing.

After abandoning his chosen field of
chemical engineeing, Pat became an itinerant student, wandering through
clinical psychology, philosophy, medieval history, theater, and
sociology. Nine years later, Pat was forced by university policy to
finally complete his undergraduate degree in English.

When not reading and writing, he teaches fencing and dabbles with alchemy in his basement in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.