Author
T. A. Barron
T. A. Barron is the American children's and YA fantasy writer behind The Lost Years of Merlin, a five-book series imagining Merlin's youth. He has also written conservation nonfiction and founded the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.
Reviews
6
Books on file
6
Avg rating
Years active
1990-2001
Reviewed
Our reviews of T. A. Barron's work
The Wings of Merlin
by T. A. Barron
The fifth and concluding Lost Years of Merlin novel. T. A. Barron giving his YA Arthurian sequence the closing it deserved.
A T. A. Barron Collection
by T. A. Barron
A T. A. Barron sampler volume with material from across his career. Useful for finding the right entry point.
Heartlight
by T. A. Barron
T. A. Barron's 1990 YA SF debut. A girl and her grandfather use light-based physics to travel to a dying star. Genuinely scientifically curious children's fiction.
Merlin Effect
by T. A. Barron
The Merlin Effect by T. A. Barron 1994 review. A standalone young-adult fantasy that became the conceptual seed for the later five-book Lost Years of Merlin saga.
The Ancient One
by T. A. Barron
T. A. Barron's YA fantasy about an Oregon old-growth forest and a girl who travels back in time to defend it. Eco-fantasy that takes its environmental stakes seriously.
Tree Girl
by T. A. Barron
T. A. Barron's YA fantasy about a girl raised in a forest and the mystery of her origin. Slight, beautifully written, deeply Barron.
The takes
What we have said about T. A. Barron
The Merlin Effect by T. A. Barron 1994 review. A standalone young-adult fantasy that became the conceptual seed for the later five-book Lost Years of Merlin saga.
The fifth and concluding Lost Years of Merlin novel. T. A. Barron giving his YA Arthurian sequence the closing it deserved.
T. A. Barron's 1990 YA SF debut. A girl and her grandfather use light-based physics to travel to a dying star. Genuinely scientifically curious children's fiction.
T. A. Barron's YA fantasy about an Oregon old-growth forest and a girl who travels back in time to defend it. Eco-fantasy that takes its environmental stakes seriously.
T. A. Barron's YA fantasy about a girl raised in a forest and the mystery of her origin. Slight, beautifully written, deeply Barron.
A T. A. Barron sampler volume with material from across his career. Useful for finding the right entry point.