The wand in the word : conversations with writers of fantasy / compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus.
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true Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department YA813 W181
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Details
- Edition
- First edition.
- Description
- 202 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 24 cm
- Awards
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Summary
- Interviews with 13 American and English authors of fantasy fiction discussing their lives, literary influences, work routines and their beliefs about the place of fantasy in literature and our lives. Includes a "reader" listing each author's major fantasy works.
- Contents
- Lloyd Alexander -- Franny Billingsley -- Susan Cooper -- Nancy Farmer -- Brian Jacques -- Diana Wynne Jones -- Ursula K. LeGuin -- Madeleine L'Engle -- Garth Nix -- Tamora Pierce -- Terry Pratchett -- Philip Pullman -- Jane Yolen.
- Study Program
- Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.4 7
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 7.0 102960.
- Subject
- Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
- Children's stories, American -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
- Children's stories, English -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
- Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Interviews.
- Children's stories -- Authorship.
- Fantasy fiction -- Authorship.
- Added Author
- Marcus, Leonard S., 1950-
- ISBN
- 0763626252 reinforced alkaline paper
- 9780763626259 reinforced alkaline paper