![]() Baker's THE FROG PRINCESS, rejoice! Fifteen years after the original, Princess Emma, Prince Eadric, and all the beloved characters are back for another magical adventure from popular author E. If I were a fairy tale character, I would want to be Emma.įans of E. I liked her then and I like her now – sixteen years later. No mamby-pamby princesses for me! Emma, or Princess Emeralda, was the result. ![]() When I thought about writing a fairy tale, I wanted it to be about a girl who could stand up for herself and help others as well. Neither prince nor princess had much depth she was beautiful, he was handsome, and that was about all we knew. ![]() ![]() Almost always victims, they spent much of their stories waiting for a handsome prince to rescue them. The female main characters were usually princesses and rarely able to take care of themselves. ![]() I had read countless fairy tales to my children when they were young, but I found most of the classical tales annoying. Fantasy was a genre that I had long loved, although fairy tales were a sub-genre that I had never even considered writing until I came across a modern fairy tale in a class I was taking. I had tried writing other books, but THE FROG PRINCESS was my first attempt at a fairy tale. I wrote THE FROG PRINCESS sixteen years ago this year marks the fifteenth anniversary of its publication. ![]()
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