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Marla Fair
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Goodnight Robinson
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My French Rebel
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Copperhead
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- How long have you been writing?
- Well, let's see. My 7th grade English teacher told me I should choose writing as a career. If I admit how old I am, that makes it over 30 years! But to be published? About ten.
- What do you prefer to write?
- My favorite genres are history and fantasy - and I have a tendency to mix the two.
- What inspired you to write?
- Writing is a combination of needing to tell a story and everything I love. As an artist I love to create images. I enjoy working with words, and I wanted to be an actress. When you write, you get to paint, act and use words. I fell in love with the work of Fritz Leiber (sword and sorcery) and Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy at a young age and wanted to use words like they did.
Books for those who dream of the past and what might have been
If you enjoy stepping into the past, or stepping into it to open a door to what might have happened, you'll enjoy my books. For more information visit my storefront at lulu.com http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1326103
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Sadie the Skunk - A children's book by Meaghan Fisher, illustrated by Marla Fair
Announcing my first venture into the world of children's books - not as an author this time, but as illustrator. Sadie the Skunk is written by Meaghan Fisher. It's the tale of a little skunk whose most unique characteristic helps her find her true home. Check out the URL below for details.
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COPPERHEAD is a very well written historical novel set in the era just prior to the Revolutionary War. The location is North Carolina on a plantation and the main characters are a retired British general and his family and a young injured Indian boy. The plot centers around the attempts of the retired soldier to heal and save the life of the Indian despite the wishes of his son and his family, who want to kill the savage. A granddaughter falls in love with the Indian, causing his banishment to England. The writing gives the feel of the period without being over done and offers enough period language to make the story feel authentic, yet leaves enough in common English to allow the story to move quickly and flow easily. One of the best stories I hard read while judging, despite the fact that I rarely, if ever, read historical fiction. -- Amazon Top Reviewer (COPPERHEAD was a semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novelist Contest.)
...the novel's portraits of life in both Colonial America and 18th-century England ring true. -- manuscript review by Publishers Weekly, an independent organization
...I love history and historical fiction and I think the writer gets the fact that to write good historical fiction you need to ground your work in the period. The detail worked into this while establishing the characters is amazingly good. I am hooked. If I'd picked this up in a store and read these pages - I would have ordered this by now. How can I get the rest? NY film fan
Goodnight Robinson
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I became so interested in the characters, I had trouble putting the book down when I needed to sleep. As a historic interpreter myself, I really liked the idea of a story involving a historic person and a modern person who researches them and shares their story with others. I really loved the surprise ending! I am looking forward to other books by this engaging author. C Schoppenhorst - historic interpreter
I love time-travel stories, and this is no exception. Author Marla Fair has an eloquently-descriptive style that brings the reader into the story and the building tension carries us along to the very end. There's even some comic relief that makes the readers smile. The characters are very believable, and we come to care very much about them. I enjoyed this book very much. Sandra Grabman - author