Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge that this book would never have been written if not for the following things: First, in 1989 my sister checked out from the library Robin McKinley’s fine Damar books and then left them on the floor of our bedroom, where I tripped over them and then fell in love with them. Second, for many years my parents lovingly supported both my book-buying habit and my book-writing ambition, taking me out of school to meet people like Robin McKinley and Patricia C. Wrede, and forking over lots of hard-earned cash for books about dragons and magic and heroic rescues, before finally handing the (financial) responsibility over to my husband. And third, when the first line of this book leaped into my brain one night, my poor, dear husband agreed to walk the floor for hours upon hours with our colicky baby so that I could get some writing done.
I would also like to acknowledge (or confess, really) that when Melanie, the editor of my dreams, called to tell me that Bloomsbury (the publisher of my dreams) was going to publish my book, I was still in my bathrobe.
It was noon.
Meet the Author
Jessica Day George is the author of many books for young readers, including Dragonskin Slippers, Dragon Flight and Dragon Spear. Jessica studied comparative literature at university and took a class in Old Norse so that she could read the great Viking sagas in the original language. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a librarian and bookseller. Jessica lives with her family in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Your characters live in worlds where magic is possible. If you could bring one magical element from your books into our real world, what would it be?
Oh, how I wish I could fly!
Do you see yourself or your family and friends in any of your characters?
I like to think that I’m nice and spunky and sassy like my heroines. I once tried to put my husband in a story and he wasn’t that thrilled with the character, so I figure it’s better to leave everybody else out.
What was your favourite book when you were younger?
Umm … when I was younger I remember reading Tam Lin by Pamela Dean until it fell apart. Also Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy.
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First published in Great Britain in June 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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This electronic edition published in February 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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