Isn't if fab? Isn't it fun? I just love the cover--illustrated by Antoine Revoy--for my upcoming book, Anubis Speaks!, which releases this October from Boyds Mills Press. The crafty canine-headed dog takes the middle-grade reader through the twelve hours of darkness (or, has he puts it, the twelve "Caverns of Misery") that Ra must travel through in his dangerous journey … [Read more...] about The Official Cover of Anubis Speaks!
Books
Kids Ask the Darndest Things–Over Skype
A pic of my screen as we said goodbye...The students at Star Prep Academy in California asked so many great questions about my books on Cleopatra (both the biography and novel), I found myself occasionally taken aback. I mean, how do you respond to a young reader who asks what in MY life informed the way I wrote about Cleopatra Selene's relationship with her MOM?Whoa. A future … [Read more...] about Kids Ask the Darndest Things–Over Skype
Eve Re-imagined in a Mind-Blowing Way in FORGED BY FATE
Take biblical characters like Eve. And Adam. And Lilith. Throw in all of the gods of the ancient world. Mix well and what have you got? A fascinating re-imagining of biblical Eve in a world where ALL the ancient gods exist and where they are constantly negotiating ways of maintaining their territorial holds and, basically, not annihilating each … [Read more...] about Eve Re-imagined in a Mind-Blowing Way in FORGED BY FATE
The Metropolitan Museum, Anubis and Me
I really can't believe that I forgot to post about this but my wonderful editor at Boyds Mill Press, Larry Rosler, got Dr. Janice Kamrin, associate curator of the Egyptian Galleries at THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART to vett my upcoming Anubis book. (And yes, I know putting things in all caps is the equivalent of yelling, but seriously, that needed to be yelled because, … [Read more...] about The Metropolitan Museum, Anubis and Me
On Dionysian Rites, Ancient Hebrew Rules and Creative Procrastination
From the "Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii.In researching ancient Greek death practices for my next middle-grade book (Hades Speaks!), I came across a fascinating inscription. It adorned the body of what is believed to be an initiate of the Cult of Dionysus:You have become a god instead of a mortal. A kid, you fell into milk.Rejoice, rejoice. Journey on the right-hand roadto … [Read more...] about On Dionysian Rites, Ancient Hebrew Rules and Creative Procrastination
