Stories about witches and wizards continue to fascinate the public and to inspire writers. In addition to providing an otherworldly atmosphere, such stories often reveal truths about ordinary human existence. In the series of modern fantasy books about Harry Potter, the Scottish writer J. Κ. Rowli...
About Welsh-born novelist, screenwriter, and fighter pilot who authored such children's classics as James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, and Matilda. Many of his popular books, including The Witches, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Fantastic Mr. Fox, have been made into feature films...
I’ve known Sharon Pajka for years through the Association for Gravestone Studies. She’s been writing about graveyards for a long time, both at her blogGoth Gardeningand now in books. Her most recent,Women Writers Buried in Virginia, was conceived, researched, written, and published during t...
the love stories he's penned and the movies on which they are based -- and derided by his critics for what they see as formulaic and manipulative writing. Sparks' first novel, The Notebook (1996), was wildly successful, and his audience has continued to embrace each of his books since....
Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award-winnin...
Historically, women who practiced magic, even as a performing art, were seen as witches. Remember the Salem witch trials? What woman wants to be a famous magician when she risks getting hanged? Well, despite what you think, there are plenty of female magicians who perform at conventions, int...
But what about those good unsolved mysteries that don't have that satisfying ending like Scooby-Doo pulling off the mask of the culprit and are just downright spooky? These unsolved cases like the JonBenét Ramsey mystery and the murders of Jack the Ripper have rocked our history books for ...
Witches were said to have made such bargains, an act that condemned them to death in the eyes of the church. An obscure German schoolmaster-turned-magician named Faust, who lived in the 1500s, gave rise to one of the most famous stories about a deal with the Devil. The legend of Dr....
Witches’ Loaves | O. Henry Miss Martha is a forty-year-old woman who owns a small bakery. She has a regular customer, a middle-aged man who always buys two loaves of stale bread, never anything else. She takes an interest in him, and tries to find a way to get to know him. ...
Here are some of Roald Dahl’s remarkable books. Jack and the Giant Peach Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Matilda The Witches George Orwell (1903 – 1950) George Orwell is famous for his novels1984andAnimal Farm.But did you know that this British author’s real name is Eric Arthur Blair...