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Peer reviewedSchmidt, Gary D. – ALAN Review, 1991
Recounts an interview with author Madeleine L'Engle. Includes her views on who comprises the audience for her books. Explores "Many Waters,""A Wrinkle in Time,""A Swiftly Tilting Planet," and other L'Engle works. (SG)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Fantasy, Interviews
Peer reviewedHughes, Monica – ALAN Review, 1992
Relates the author's personal experiences growing up with and writing science fiction. Discusses symbols that work themselves out in the writing of science fiction. (PRA)
Descriptors: Authors, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Symbolism
Peer reviewedSleator, William – ALAN Review, 1992
Explores what it feels like for a science fiction writer to have reality alone to hold the reader's interest. Discusses the author's novels "Interstellar Pig" and "Spirit Houses," the influence of the Thai culture on the second work, and the influence of the Thai culture on the author's ideas about fantasy and science fiction.…
Descriptors: Authors, Fantasy, Foreign Countries, Novels
Peer reviewedLittlejohn, Carol – ALAN Review, 1997
Provides an overview of author Sylvia Louise Engdahl, who published six novels for young adults in the 1970s but nothing of the same kind since. Reviews her history and her philosophy, and presents a critical review of her writing. (TB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Literary Criticism, Novels
Peer reviewedYep, Laurence – ALAN Review, 1992
Discusses how the author blends oriental myth, fantasy, and science to produce unique science fiction. (PRA)
Descriptors: Authors, Fantasy, Folk Culture, Legends
Peer reviewedCharnas, Suzy McKee – ALAN Review, 1992
Explores the author's experiences writing fantasy. Establishes the values of both science fiction and fantasy for the writer and the reader. Asserts that fantasy is not "escapist" and empowers a young reader against the day when real powers come into that reader's hands. (PRA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Fantasy, Reader Text Relationship
