Author: Isobelle Carmody

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If fantasy is done well, it has both serious content in a literary fashion and is a really good read as well - and children and young adults won't suffer anything else.

If fantasy is done well, it has both serious content in a literary fashion and is a really good read as well - and children and young adults won't suffer anything else.

- Isobelle Carmody

The best books arise from some ultimate question in the author.

The best books arise from some ultimate question in the author.

- Isobelle Carmody

The best fantasy does not offer an answer to our lives, it is an offering that acknowledges enough of the truth to resonate and add to the understanding about the human condition.

The best fantasy does not offer an answer to our lives, it is an offering that acknowledges enough of the truth to resonate and add to the understanding about the human condition.

- Isobelle Carmody

First and foremost, I'm an oral storyteller - I'll make a poetic choice over a grammatical choice every single time.

First and foremost, I'm an oral storyteller - I'll make a poetic choice over a grammatical choice every single time.

- Isobelle Carmody

I am very fortunate in that I have spent pretty much my whole life being a writer, and before I was a writer, I was a storyteller.

I am very fortunate in that I have spent pretty much my whole life being a writer, and before I was a writer, I was a storyteller.

- Isobelle Carmody

What's gratifying is that it's my books that are being read and reread until they're battered over the years. I love that.

What's gratifying is that it's my books that are being read and reread until they're battered over the years. I love that.

- Isobelle Carmody

The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life.

The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life.

- Isobelle Carmody

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