Monday, September 7, 2009

Dragon*Con 2009, Part 1: Book List

I haven't parsed my notes for the Faerie and Fairy Tales panel I sat on, but the list of books we discussed or at least mentioned is long and deserving of its own post. So I am starting with it first since I know that is what any of the attendees will also be looking for first. Hopefully I plan to write about the panel itself within the next day or two.

First, books by the panelists:

Rampant by Diana Peterfreund (Read the first five chapters of RAMPANT, free at HarperTeen.) I haven't read this yet but Diana does some unusual work with unicorns after extensive research of them. These are not cute and sparkly unicorns, but deadly ones. So far her book is receiving great reviews.

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Maggie has also written two faerie books, Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception and Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie.

The Faire Folk Trilogy: Tree Shepherd's Daughter, Into the Wildewood, and The Secret of the Dread Forest by Gillian Summers (Summers is the writing duo Berta Platas & Michelle Roper)

Encountering Enchantment: A Guide to Speculative Fiction for Teens by Susan Fichtelberg

Steve Berman was also on the panel but wasn't promoting a specific book. You can see his list of works on his author page on Amazon. His short story, Bittersweet, a retelling of the Gingerbread Man, also provided a fun SurLaLune related story on the panel which I'll relate tomorrow.

Now for books at least mentioned or even discussed:

A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Rumpelstiltskin)

Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (Snow White and Rose Red)

Ash by Malinda Lo (Cinderella)

The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli (Hansel and Gretel)

The Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block (multiple stories)

Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue (multiple stories)

Into the Wild, Out of the Wild, and Ice by Sarah Beth Durst

Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black (Beauty and the Beast)

Beastly and A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn

Lips Touch by Laini Taylor

Wicked Lovely Melissa Marr

Works of Lloyd Alexander, especially The Chronicles of Prydain

Anthologies edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

1 comment:

  1. I recently heard of Rampant and am very interested in reading it. Shiver is on hold at the library for me, but unfortunately Ash is unavailable!

    There are a lot of phenomenal YA books being published, aren't there?

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