More, more, more!
Here you'll find fun stuff and useful follow-ups: interviews, on-line forums, essays on writing, some info about my books and places to find out more, discussion questions, and random helpful links.
Happy exploring!
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Misc.
Emily researching falcons for Wildwing.
Here's my author page at HarperCollins.com.
"Radiant Emily Whitman" interview with Amy Baskin on the blog "Euphoria."
"When History and Fantasy Collide." Read my chat on Inkpop.com, a forum for teen writers.
Under the Greenwillow. Visit my wonderful publisher's birthday blog.
Here is Greenwillow's Facebook page.
Greenwillow Books is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Lots of fun stuff at http://harperteen.com.
Check out the blog from Supernatural Underground, "If it's supernatural or Sci-fi, aliens, fantastic or immortal, lurks in the shadows, or there's fur, fangs, fins, phantoms or faery wings involved, we write it!"
Wildwing
Photo courtesy of Under the Green Willow Blog
Check out the photo shoot for the cover, and the saga of the red dress.
At Cascades Raptor Center, I was honored to spend time with a falcon named Leia, and a volunteer named Jean.
Addy's church is based on the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Iffley. Take a look at its portal, lined with carved bird heads.
Falling into Another Time. Some thoughts on the author as time-traveler.
Radiant Darkness
Download the Radiant Darkness Discussion Questions/Reading Group Guide.
Links to Classic Persephone Tales
If you'd like to see the story of Persephone in its classic form, there's no better place to start than the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Here are links to two different translations, so you can see which you prefer.
- The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, translated by Gregory Nagy. On Diotima, Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World. http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/demeter.shtml
- Hymn to Demeter, translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, published 1914, Loeb Classical Library. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/demeter.htm.
Some great resources on ancient Greece:
- Perseus Digital Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
- Internet Sacred Text Archive http://sacred-texts.com/cla/index.htm
Re-visioning, Not Retelling, a Myth
