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Guest Post with Mette Ivie Harrison +Giveaway!
With us today, we have Mette Ivie Harrison, author of The Princess and the Hound, The Princess and the Bear, The Princess and the Snowbird, Mira, Mirror and the upcoming Tris and Izzie. Her bio tells us that her name, Mette is Danish and when spoken, rhymes with 'Betty'. She currently lives in Utah with her husband and five childr…
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Review: Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale
Calamity Jack by Shannon and Deal Hale is the sequel to their first graphic novel, Rapunzel's Revenge, which Misty reviewed yesterday. I picked up Rapunzel's Revenge a while ago, because I had just finished reading some of Shannon's other books, and I loved them. When I went to the library to grab the copy on reserve, I was shock…
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Interview with Alex Flinn
With us today, we have Alex Flinn, author of both contemporary YA (Breathing Underwater, Breaking Point, Diva ) and modern fairy tale retellings (Beastly, A Kiss in Time, Cloaked )To paraphrase the beginning of her official bio: No, Alex Flinn was not born in a log cabin in the Big Woods of anywhere, although Laura Ingalls Wilder …
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Review: A True Princess by Diane Zahler
Sometime around the end of last year, I stumbled across a page for A True Princess by Diane Zahler which is a retelling of The Princess and the Pea. Retellings of this story are rare, at least to my knowledge, so I instantly interested. And then the author caught my eye. I had read The Thirteenth Princess by Diane early in 2010 an…
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FRACTURED FAIRY TALES
Today our guest is Bonnie! Bonnie has been an amazing addition to Fairy Tale Fortnight! She contacted me, asking how she could be involved and managed to add seven (yes, seven) additional authors to our line-up. Those interviews will be coming up later in the event, and we'll give Bonnie another shout out with each of them, becaus…
