Samantha-Ellen

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Writer
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Introduction	The Book Grotto is my own little corner of the world dedicated to the very wonderful world of young adult and children's literature. I read so many titles that I just fall in love with, and hope to share a little of that with others - what makes these books great and why you should read them. I work with books and have studied children's publishing and editing. I am also an author. My children's novel What the Raven Saw will be published in February 2013. I love theatre, mermaids and cabbage patch kids. Please feel free to say hello at samantha.ellenb@gmail.com. Twitter @SamEllenB
Interests	THINGS I LOVE: the ocean; mermaids; Peter Pan; fairytales; Lord of the Rings; theatre; growing up; scent; short stories; childhood toys; amazing writing; myth, magic & the unexplained; half-light; authors; libraries; the stage; Ireland
Favorite Books	The Mouse and his Child; Lord of the Rings; The Old Man and the Sea; Peter Pan; The Dark Tower series; Gormenghast; Watership Down; Peter S Beagle; Neil Gaiman; Diana Wynne Jones; Helen Dunmore; Margaret Atwood; Margo Lanagan; Ananda-Braxton Smith