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The "strong female heroine" carries a bow. She is stoic, wry, violent, sexy, and decidedly uninterested in her appearance. When we create heroines, we weld masculine forms of power to feminine bodies. The best-loved heroines of literature and myth--from Artemis to Katniss--act as aesthetic foils and…

For thousands of years, Greek myths have been told and retold. Today, these myths continue to shape our ideas about justice, tragedy and what makes a hero's journey. Karrie and Jonathan love these stories, and have found a way to breathe new life into them by making one crucial change... switch all…

This article was written by Ruta Sepetys, author of I Must Betray You and is sponsored by Hachette Children's. They were listening. Always listening. Who was listening? I asked. The blue-eyed boys. That’s how the conversation began. I was attending a lunch with my Romanian publisher in…

Written by Marissa Meyer, queen of fairy tale retelling, Cursed is the sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Rumpelstiltskin retelling duology. For those who haven't read the first volume, Gilded follows a miller's daughter who has developed a talent for storytelling but cursed by the gods of…

Learn about the world building behind her trilogy.