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About the Laughing Princess

The Laughing Princess is a collection of 12 interrelated fairy stories concerning dragons of great power and authority. Originally published by Açedrex as text only, the stories were translated into Spanish as La Princesa Valiente by Jessica Knauss with the cover (right), then recorded as an audiobook read by Seymour Hamilton, and most recently the English edition was illustrated by Shirley MacKenzie, who also designed the cover (below).

Dragons and a Princess with New Artwork

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Seymour
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I asked Seymour Hamilton, author of The Laughing Princess, how it came about that he met Shirley MacKenzie, who did the lovely new cover and many other drawings for that book. This is how he explains it:

I met Shirley MacKenzie at a reading soiree at a now defunct indie bookseller which had our books on consignment. Shirley had written and illustrated a moving account of her search for her birth mother and father. The emotional impact of Shirley’s story was in her drawings, which are at the intersection between personal and universal. She does not tell her reader what to think or feel: she presents evocative images of loss, longing and fulfillment that haunt me still. Continue reading →

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Strong Women and a Strong Voice for The Laughing Princess

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Seymour
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The Laughing Princess is Seymour Hamilton’s enchanting foray into something like fairy tales. Petra and Daniel, a brother and a sister, meet a dragon who tells them a series of bewilderingly surprising stories from the lore of the more-magical-than-it-seems village where they’re vacationing. After much suspense, the audiobook is now available for free download! Go to Podiobooks.com and listen online, or right-click on the files at the bottom of the page to take your own mp3 with you, wherever you like, free of charge. Enjoy!

I (Jessica Knauss, editor and publisher at Açedrex) took this opportunity to ask Seymour some questions about his unique little book. Continue reading →

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