Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick Rothfuss is an American author best known for The Kingkiller Chronicle, the epic fantasy series that begins with The Name of the Wind, published in 2007 and winning the Quill Award. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he studied chemical engineering before switching to English, and he later founded Worldbuilders, a charity fundraiser. His follow-up, The Wise Man's Fear, arrived in 2011 and also reached the top of the New York Times best-seller list, and the series follows Kvothe, a young man with a tragic past.