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

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA813 W181    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J BOOKS & LITERATURE 813.OO9 WAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Teen  YA 813.009 WAND    Check Shelf
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
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