Caroline Stevermer
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Kind words from MORE BOOK LUST
Nancy Pearl, librarian extraordinaire, had kind things to say about the Kate and Cecy books in her recent MORE BOOK LUST.
On page 85, in the section called Fantasy for Young and Old, she says, "Three wonderful fantasies/romances just right for teenage girls and like-minded adults) are The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope, which takes place both in the present and during the Revolutionary War period, and two delightful fantasies by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer that will appeal to anyone who loves Regency romances and Jane Austen. The Wrede/Stevermer titles are two of the longest known to humankind: Sorcery & Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country, followed up by The Grand Tour: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality." |
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MAGIC BELOW STAIRS is now available
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Issue: June 1, 2010 Magic Below Stairs. Stevermer, Caroline (Author) Jun 2010. 208 p. Dial, hardcover, $16.99. (9780803734678). A few things distinguish 10-year-old Frederick from other boys at the orphanage: he tries to master new skills; the director dislikes him particularly; and (unbeknownst to him until the story begins) he has brownie Billy Bly looking out for him. After entering the employ of wizard Lord Schofield, Frederick rises to the position of assistant valet. With the help of Billy Bly, he resolutely struggles to clear his master’s country house of a demonic curse before the birth of the Schofield’s first child. Set in an alternate-history England some 200 years ago, this chapter book features some characters from Stevermer’s Sorcery and Cecelia series for older readers. A well-developed fictional world and the many concrete details of below-stairs life make the magical events in this engaging chapter book more believable. Since the story ends, with Frederick on the brink of wizard apprenticeship, readers can probably look forward to sequels. — Carolyn Phelan MAGIC BELOW STAIRS FIRST REVIEWFrom the May 1, 2010 edition of KIRKUS REVIEWS:
Frederick is an orphan in the kind of institution where boys get locked in the stillroom for minor infractions. But Billy Bly, a small creature with an agenda of his own, looks after Frederick in his way, even following when the boy is taken into the service of a wizard named Lord Schofield, where his uncanny knack for tying a cravat is noticed. He’s a plucky boy, wondering about Billy and learning from Bess, a friendly scullery maid with a raft of relatives, many of whom serve Lord Schofield. When the household moves to the lord’s country estate, Frederick goes with it and finds himself enmeshed in a not-quite-scrubbed-out curse on the wizard’s family. The book is gracefully and winningly written, moves at a swift pace and allows Frederick to show himself as both an 11-year-old boy and a budding student of magic. Older readers will recognize Thomas and Kate Schofield of Sorcery and Cecelia, co-written by the author with Patricia Wrede (2003). Lovely and lively. (“According to Bess” glossary) (Historical fantasy. 8-12) A SCHOLAR OF MAGICS from Le Livre de PocheL'Etudiant de Magie from le Livre de Poche
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Kate and Cecy are in Latvia now!
SORCERY AND CECELIA, Latvian edition
Here is the cover of the new paperback edition of the French translation from Le Livre de Poche.
ISNB for Le Livre de Poche edition of LE COLLEGE DE MAGIE is 978-2-253-11691-2.
Cover art: Plainpicture/Polarwhite Plainpicture/Archangel
MAGIC BELOW STAIRS, Dial, June 2010
I'm so excited! My advance reading copy arrived today, even though it isn't due out until next June. P.S. Yes, that is Thomas in the portrait over the fireplace. Cover illustration by Antonio Caparo. Cover design by Theresa Evangelista. 
THE MISLAID MAGICIAN is available in paperback from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Graphia imprint.
The French edition of the omnibus edition of A COLLEGE OF MAGICS and A SCHOLAR OF MAGICS just arrived.
Caroline Stevermer grew up miles from anywhere on a dairy farm in southeastern Minnesota. She has a sister and two brothers. After high school, she attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she earned a B.A. degree in the history of art. She knew she wanted to be a writer when she was eight years old. She began by writing stories in her school notebooks. (They were not good. Many were not even finished. She persisted.)
By the time she graduated from college, she knew she would need to earn money in other ways, but she kept on writing. Her first professional sale was published by Ace in 1980. In the years since, she has had a variety of jobs and kept on writing. She likes libraries and museums. Her favorite painter is Nicholas Hilliard. Her favorite writer is Mark Twain. She lives in Minnesota. Foreign rights queries and other questions, please write to:
Caroline Stevermer c/o Frances Collin Literary Agency P. O. Box 33 Wayne, PA 19087-0033 Awards and Notable ReviewsRIVER RATS
ALA Best Book for Young Adults (ALA/YALSA); Booklist, ALA; Book Report, Linworth Publishing; Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library; Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, University of Illinois (The Bulletin); The Horn Book starred review; Golden Duck Award; Golden Kite Award; Kirkus Review; Publishers Weekly; School Library Journal, A Cahners/R.R. Bowker Publication; English Journal, NCTE; ALAN Review, NCTE; YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults SORCERY AND CECELIA American Library Association (ALA) Best Book for Young Adults; Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library; Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Perfect Ten THE MISLAID MAGICIAN Kirkus Review A COLLEGE OF MAGICS Minnesota Book Award; Kirkus starred review A SCHOLAR OF MAGICS Booklist WHEN THE KING COMES HOME Booklist |
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