
FanLit thanks Mark Pawlyszyn for contributing this interview with Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Kingkiller Chronicle Day 1: The Name of the Wind. His sequel, The Kingkiller Chronicle Day 2: A Wise Man's Fear will be published in the future.
Mr Rothfuss won our first ever "Best Book of the Year" award (2007).
Mark: I think what I enjoyed most about The Name of the Wind is the lack of clichés and predictability. I loved that a certain mood would be set up, and in any Hollywood movie you'd expect the hero to start kicking butt or sleeping with the girl at those points, but then it veers off and the story just continues.
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