My next book comes out in just a few months (October 10th, to be exact) and I wanted to to tell you about it before it's actually here!
Snow & Rose is an illustrated fairy tale, my first proper novel and the most personal thing I've ever done. It was also the longest in the making -- I imagined a reworking of my favorite Grimm's tale, Snow White & Rose Red, years and years ago -- and then it was several years in the writing, editing & art-making.
I have so much to say about this story and the two girls that are its namesakes (and I will share more soon!) but for now I'll leave you with the words that grace the jacket flap, because I think it encapsulates the book so nicely:
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Snow and Rose were two sisters, as different as night and day.
They lived in the woods, but it hadn't always been so...
Once, they lived in a big house with spectacular gardens and an army of servants.
Once, they had a father and mother who loved them more than the sun and moon.
But that was before their father disappeared into the woods and their mother disappeared into sorrow.
This is the story of two sisters and the enchanted woods that have been waiting for them to break a set of terrible spells.
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It is the tale of two brave girls, a strange library, and a boy named Ivo, of a wounded bear, of what it means to know and to believe.
You can pre-order your own mysterious tale of the forest from
your local bookstore,
Barnes & Noble,
Amazon
&
Powell's
More soon!
(October, kindly hurry up!)
