Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet | |
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Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
Pen name | Pamela Dean |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Carleton College |
Genre | Fantasy |
Literary movement | Contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy and fantasy of manners |
Notable works | Tam Lin, The Secret Country trilogy |
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Pamela Collins Dean Dyer-Bennet (born 1953), better known as Pamela Dean, is an American fantasy author whose best-known book is Tam Lin, based on the Child Ballad of the same name, in which the Scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, Carleton College in Minnesota.[1]