Did you know that I write different bios in the back of every Fairendale book? This is one of my favorite parts of the writing process: crafting a short bio that will tie the book to my life in a somewhat humorous way. For example, here is the bio that printed in The Boy Who Became the Wolf:
While L.R. has never encountered a real-life wolf (she would likely run if she did), she imagines that a coven is very much like her own pack of children: fierce, enigmatic, loud, and rambunctious. Her boys share many things in common with wolves: their astonishing appetites (though raw meat is certainly not on their list of edible foods), their love of running, and their sometimes obnoxious ability to turn play into a raucous fight. She is glad for their cunning but could sometimes do without their pranks.
When L.R is not separating her wolves during their wolfish arguments, preparing them a dinner they will first howl about and then wolf down, or reading them countless stories, she daydreams about new adventures in the land of Fairendale and other imaginary places.
L.R. is the queen of her castle in San Antonio, Texas, where she lives with her king and six young princes wolf cubs. Her handsome cubs daily guard her on a half-mile walk to their school, on her outings around town, and even while she holes away in her castle. Somehow, she manages to write at least 5,000 words of fiction, essays and poetry every day.
And here’s the bio that printed with The Boy Who Spun Gold, book 7 of the series:
Though she has never spun straw into gold (and though she would very much enjoy this talent—especially if she could spin not straw but the socks her princes leave lying all over her house), L.R. knows what it is like to attempt the impossible. She attempts the impossible every morning when she tries to get her children out the door in time for school. But, even more importantly, she attempts the impossible every day when she stands at her computer, collects some words from her mind, and shapes them into stories and essays and poems that will make her readers laugh, cry (in a good way, she says), and spread their love out into the world. The best thing to do with the impossible, she says, is to attempt it anyway.
She attempts her impossible every day between the hours of 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.
L.R. is the queen of her castle in San Antonio, TX. She lives with her king and her six young princes, who daily give her inspiration for more grand tales of magic and adventure.
They follow the same style, but they’re very different, you see.
So what’s the bio that will print with the twelfth book in the series, The Boy Who Loved a Swan? Well, for that you’ll have to read the book and see.
In addition to these bios, every book includes between three and four “extras,” like “What You Should Know About Becoming a Wolf” and “Herbs You Must Have in an Herb Garden” and an interview with the fairy tale or nursery rhyme villain featured in the story.
The world of Fairendale is a fun world to inhabit.
Get the latest Fairendale book, The Boy Who Loved a Swan, which releases Sept. 25.
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