Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Avalon – Deirdre Madden

Deirdre Madden – Deirdre Madden (Irish Author)
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Deirdre_Madden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deirdre_Madden

Deirdre Madden is a Pixie in The Wild who asks Wizards to rescue her best scout, Kerry Mustardseed, from a Spriggan during the quest Of Lost Liberty. In return, she will grant access to The Wyrd, in order to continue the search for the Sword of Kings.

Madden was born in Toomebridge, County Antrim and was educated at St Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt. She proceeded to Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and then to the University of East Anglia (MA).

In 1994 she was Writer-in-Residence at University College, Cork, and in 1997 was Writer Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin. She has travelled widely in Europe and has spent extended periods of time in both France and Italy.

Deirdre Madden has won various awards, including the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Hennessy Award. She has been described as “a pivotal voice in Northern Irish writing, her understated yet complex fictions often touching on the religious and political turmoil of the North”.

Her novels include:
Hidden Symptoms (1986)
The Birds of the Innocent Wood (1988)
Remembering Light and Stone (1993)
Nothing Is Black (1994)
One by One in the Darkness (1996) – Orange Prize shortlist, 1997
Authenticity (2002)
Snake’s Elbows (2005)
Thanks for Telling Me, Emily (2007)
Molly Fox’s Birthday (2008)
Time Present and Time Past (2013)

The current list of all the (known) Avalon references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references, I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages.

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