Caroline Stevermer

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."

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

RIVER 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