A little more about E.Wein:
I was born in New York City and grew up in England, Jamaica, and Pennsylvania with my younger brother Jared and sister Maria. When our mother died in 1978, we were raised by her mother, the fabulous and amazing Gramma. My husband, Tim, and I both ring church bells in the English style known as “change ringing.” We also fly small planes. We live in Scotland with our two children, Sara and Mark.
I keep an erratic on-line journal at eegatland.livejournal.com
Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania—Where I come from really.
We had our wedding reception at the Mt. Gretna Inn. This page has good links for a virtual tour of Mt. Gretna!
Change ringing societies I have known…
Scottish Association of Change Ringers
North American Guild of Change Ringers
Philadelphia Guild of Change Ringers
I am currently the editor of the Scottish Aero Club's newsletter, Plane Talking. You can see the latest issues in .pdf files here. Check out their weather info for a webcam shot of the airfield!
And just for fun check out:
Punting:
The Cherwell Boathouse, Oxford
(Sara’s Page)
My wonderful editor at Viking is Sharyn November. Find out more about her on www.sharyn.org!
You can contact me in care of my agent, Ginger Clark, at Curtis Brown, Ltd., 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003; phone +1 212 473 5400; e-mail: gc@cbltd.com
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Books
The Lion Hunter: The Mark of Solomon, Book 1. New York: Viking, 2007.
The Sunbird. New York: Viking, 2004; New York, Firebird Books, 2006.
A Coalition of Lions. New York: Viking, 2003; New York: Firebird Books, 2004.
The Winter Prince. New York: Atheneum Books for Children, 1993. Reprinted New York: Baen Books, 1994; New York: Firebird Books, 2003. In Dutch as De bastaardprins, translated by Tjalling Bos and with illustrations by Annette Fienieg, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Ploegsma, 1995. In French as Le Bâtard du Roi Arthur, translated by Marianne Costa and with illustrations by Françoise Moreau, Paris: Hachette Jeunesse, 1995. In German as Der Winterprinz, translated by Barbara Brumm, Stuttgart: Verlag Freies Geistesleben, 1995; reprinted with vignettes by Henriette Sauvant, Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1998.
Short Fiction
“Always the Same Story.” In The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales. Ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: Viking, 2007.
“Chain of Events.” In Rush Hour: Reckless. Ed. Michael Cart. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, June 2006.
“Findo Gask.” In Concussed. Ed. Bridget Bradshaw, Farah Mendlesohn, and Peter Young. London: Concussion (printed by Cambridge Printing Park, Milton, Cambridge), 2006.
“Chasing the Wind.” In Firebirds. Ed. Sharyn November. New York: Firebird Books, 2003, pp. 265-298.
“A Dear Gazelle.” In Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Issue 47 (2000), pp. 34-38.
“The Ethiopian Knight.” In Odyssey: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy Issue 7 (1998), pp. 42-46.
“No Human Hands to Touch.” In Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers. Ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: HarperPrism, 1998; reprinted New York: Eos, 2002.
“The Bellcaster’s Apprentice.” In The Horns of Elfland. Ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, and Donald G. Keller. New York: Roc/Penguin USA, 1997.
“New Year’s Eve.” In Not the Only One. Ed. Tony Grima. Boston: Alyson Press, 1995.
“Fire.” In Writers of the Future. Vol. IX. Ed. Dave Wolverton. Los Angeles: Bridge Publications, 1993.
Poetry
“Arbor Low.” In Jabberwocky Volume 2. Ed. Sean Wallace. Prime Books, 2006.
“Alderley Edge.” In Jabberwocky Volume 1. Ed. Sean Wallace. Wildside Press, July 2005.
“Icarus’s Bride.” In Prisoners of the Night Summer 1997.
“Styal” (poem). In Open Ended. Ed. Christine Green and Myra Schneider. Marlow, Buckinghamshire: Chiltern Writers Group, 1995.
Articles
“Unreal City: A Visit to the Oxford of His Dark Materials.” The World of the Golden Compass. Ed. Scott Westerfeld. Dallas, Texas: Benbella Books, Inc., for Borders, Inc., 2007.
“The Airplane” and “Wales.” Entries in Encyclopedia of the Literature of Travel and Exploration. Ed. Jennifer Speake. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003.
“‘Unaware to her Ears’: When the Storyteller Cannot Speak.” Children’s Folklore Review 23:1 (Fall 2000), pp. 25-39.
“Mystery in a House.” The Lion and the Unicorn 24:2 (April 2000), pp. 247-259.
“The Discipline of Play: Is There a Future for Children’s Lore in Academia?” Children’s Folklore Review 21:2 (Spring 1999), pp. 5-16.
“Arthurian Tradition,” “Camelot,” “Hecate,” and “King Arthur.” Entries in Encyclopaedia of Folklore and Literature. Ed. Bruce Rosenberg and Mary Ellen Brown. Santa Barbara: ABC Clio, 1998.
“Folklore and the Comic Book: The Traditional Meets the Popular.” With Amanda Carson Banks. NewFolklore: The Impromptu Journal Issue 2 (January 1998).
“‘Show Biz’: Performance and Text in the Children’s ‘Show.’” Children’s Folklore Review 13:2 (Spring 1991), pp. 23 ‑ 28.
Book Reviews for the Journal of American Folklore
Review of Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols and Their Meaning by Don Yoder and Thomas E. Graves. Journal of the American Folklore Society 114:454 (Fall 2001), 512-513.
Review of Alas, Poor Ghost! Traditions of Belief in Story and Discourse by Gillian Bennett. Journal of the American Folklore Society 114:454 (Fall 2001), 513-514.
Review of The Ambiguity of Play by Brian Sutton-Smith. Journal of the American Folklore Society 113:448 (Spring 2000), 213-214.
Review of Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry by Jack Zipes. Journal of the American Folklore Society 113:448 (Spring 2000), pp. 226-227.
Review of Folklore and Book Culture by Kevin J. Hayes. Journal of the American Folklore Society 112:446 (Fall 1999), pp. 564-565.
Review of Landscape Archaeology: Reading and Interpreting the American Historical Landscape, edited by Rebecca Yamin and Karen Bescherer Metheny. Journal of the American Folklore Society 111:439 (Winter 1998), pp. 86-88.
Review of Children’s Folklore: A Source Book, edited by Brian Sutton-Smith et al. Journal of the American Folklore Society 110:438 (Fall 1997), pp. 440-441.
Review of Enigma Variations, by Richard Price and Sally Price. Journal of the American Folklore Society 110:435 (Winter 1997), pp. 108-110.
Review of He-Said-She-Said. Talk as Socialization among Black Children, by Marjorie Harness Goodwin. Journal of the American Folklore Society 106:421 (Summer 1993), pp. 371-373.
Readings, Lectures and Papers Given
Panel Member, “Young (and Very Young) Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction” at Readercon 18, Burlington, Massachusetts (5-8 July 2007).
Panel Member, “Children's Literature” at “Contemplation,” Eastercon (the British National Science Fiction Convention) 2007, Chester, England (6-9 April 2007).
Panel Member, “Who’s Telling the Story? The Voice of Historical Fantasy” and “Aesthetics and Ethics in Children’s Literature” (moderator), “Concussion,” Eastercon (the British National Science Fiction Convention) 2006, Glasgow, Scotland (14-17 April 2006).
Panel Member. “Post Colonialism and Cargo Cults,” “Race, Migration and Refugees,” and “Harry Potter Has Put Children’s Fantasy Back Fifty Years” at “Interaction,” the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention and 2005 Eurocon, Glasgow, Scotland (4-8 August 2005).
Guest Reader at the New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series, New York (11 November 2002).
“The Discipline of Play: Is There a Future for Children’s Lore in Academia?” Paper delivered at a Conference on the State of Play. University of Sheffield in association with the Folklore Society, Sheffield, England (16 April 1998).
Panel Member. “Not in Front of the Children” at the 1997 World Fantasy Convention, London (31 October 1997).
Guest Speaker at meeting of the British Isles section of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, London, England (7 December 1996).
Guest and Panel Member. “What I Read that’s Not SF” and “Has Fantasy Grown Up? The Resurgence of Adult Fantasy” at “Forged in Iron: ConFluence 1996,” the Pittsburgh Area’s 9th Annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Conference (26-28 July 1996).
“Being a Myth.” Guest lecture for Realm of the Isles and the English Department of the University of Rutgers, Camden Campus, NJ (26 April 1995).
Panel Member. “Bring on the Bad Guys” and “Future Women in Fiction and Fact” at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Convention (11-12 November 1994).
Panel Member. “Fantasy and Young Adult Fiction,” at the 1994 World Fantasy Convention, New Orleans, LA (27 October 1994).
Guest Speaker. Moulsford School, Moulsford, Oxfordshire, UK (10 March 1994).
Guest Speaker. Elizabethville Library, Elizabethville, PA (10 January 1994).
Guest Speaker. Walnut Street Library, Harrisburg, PA (17 November 1993).
Guest Speaker. Hummelstown Public Library, Hummelstown, PA (16 November 1993).
Guest Speaker. Harrisburg Academy Book Fair, Wormleysburg, PA (11 November 1993).
“Professionals in School Libraries.” Speech at meeting of Philadelphia School Board, Philadelphia, PA (28 June 1993).
“English Church Bells.” South Lebanon County Rotary Club Guest Speaker, Quentin, PA (21 September 1992).
“Snares of Privacy and Fiction: The Reflexive Museum.” With Tina Stoecklin. Paper delivered at a Conference on the Anthropology of Performance, Public and Private. Carleton Univers ity, Ottawa, Canada (16 August 1992).
Guest of Kathy O’Connell, Producer. “English Change Ringing.” Segment on “Kids’ Corner,” daily children’s radio program on WXPN 88.5, Philadelphia, PA (23 March 1992).
“Culture Hero Symbolism in the Character of ‘Robin.’” Dinner lecture at Hillhouse, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (12 February 1991).
“The Character of Mordred in Modern Arthurian Literature.” Gallery Dinner Lecture at Hillhouse, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (4 December 1991).
“The Creative Process in the Writing of The Winter Prince.” Lecture in “Legend and Fantasy” at the English Department of the University of Rutgers, Camden Campus, NJ (22 October 1990).
“Modern Arthurian Literature: 1485‑1990.” Lecture in “Legend and Fantasy” at the English Department of the University of Rutgers, Camden Campus, NJ (17 October 1990).
“‘Show Biz’: Performance and Text in the Children’s ‘Show.’” Paper delivered at the American Folklore Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA (20 October 1989).
SOCIETIES AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
International Board on Books for Young People (British Section)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Society for Commercial Archeology
Scottish Association of Change Ringers
North American Guild of Change Ringers
Oxford Society of Change Ringers
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths
The Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots