Mary Robinette Kowal was the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award
for Best New Writer and a Hugo nominee for her story "Evil Robot
Monkey." Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons,
Asimov's, and several Year's Best anthologies. Mary is an active
member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and
currently serves on the Board of Directors.
A professional puppeteer and voice actor, she grew up in North
Carolina and spent five years touring nationally with puppet
theaters. She wrote "Shades of Milk and Honey" while living in
Iceland and performing on the hit television show "Lazytown." Mary
currently lives in Portland, OR with her husband Rob and nine
manual typewriters.
"If Jane Austen had written a fantasy novel, Shades of Milk and
Honey would have been the result. Written with painstaking
attention to detail, Kowal's prose is serenely evocative of the
time period, and the fantastic elements are a seamless fit. The
characterization is extremely well done and Jane is a sympathetic,
strong and intelligent heroine whose devotion to her family trumps
nearly every other concern. Give this one a try!" --"RT Book
Reviews," 4 1/2 stars, Top Pick! "Readers will be disappointed only
when they finish this enchanting story, which is suffused with
genteel charm... With the grace of "Sense and Sensibility," a touch
of classic fairy tale magic, and an action-packed ending, this
debut novel by an award-winning fantasy short story writer will
appeal to fans of Jane Austen, Jane Yolen, Patricia Wrede, Susannah
Clarke, and even Jasper Fforde." --"Library Journal" "Cliche as it
might sound, if Jane Austen had sat down to pen a fantasy, this is
the book she would have written. The tone, the cadence, the sweep,
every bow and curtsey of the language is woven into "Shades of Milk
and Honey.".. Kowal's mastery is the art of the Austenite nuance...
When I reached the last page I just wanted to start it all over
again. It left me craving nothing but a cup of Constant
Comment...and the sequel." --"Intergalactic Medicine Show""" "A
beautiful, lyrical, tightly-woven meld of Jane Austen, "Jane Eyre,"
and "Beauty and the Beast"--I couldn't put it down!" --Lilith
Saintcrow "Simply enchanting, and another great advance in an
already impressive literary career. You're going to love this."
--John Scalzi "Shades of Milk and Honey is a lovely, smart, strange
novel with everything on earth (and elsewhere) to recommend it.
Smoothly crafted with a flair for romance and mystery, this story
is one part meticulous manners and one part wild magic -- composing
a whole that's utterly irresistible." --Cherie Priest"Kowal's first
novel is a be
“If Jane Austen had written a fantasy novel, Shades of Milk and
Honey would have been the result. Written with painstaking
attention to detail, Kowal’s prose is serenely evocative of the
time period, and the fantastic elements are a seamless fit. The
characterization is extremely well done and Jane is a sympathetic,
strong and intelligent heroine whose devotion to her family trumps
nearly every other concern. Give this one a try!” —"RT Book
Reviews," 4 ½ stars, Top Pick! “Readers will be disappointed
only when they finish this enchanting story, which is suffused with
genteel charm… With the grace of "Sense and Sensibility," a touch
of classic fairy tale magic, and an action-packed ending, this
debut novel by an award-winning fantasy short story writer will
appeal to fans of Jane Austen, Jane Yolen, Patricia Wrede, Susannah
Clarke, and even Jasper Fforde.” —"Library Journal" “Cliché as
it might soun
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