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The wand in the word : conversations with writers of fantasy / compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus.

Contributor Marcus, Leonard S., 1950-

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2006.

Description202 p. : ill., facsim. ; 24 cm.

Note:Includes index.

Note: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.

Note: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.

Note: AwardsA Junior Library Guild selection.



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