There is something about holding a book in your hands that makes the tales feel more real somehow—especially when there are pictures backing up the narrative.
A Year of Magic — Stories of Myth, Memory, and the Animal World brings together seven short stories shaped by myth, memory, humor, history, and the enduring connection between animals and people.
Presented in a distinctive, full-color 8.5 × 11-inch paperback edition, the collection is written and illustrated by me, with original artwork accompanying each of its seven stories. An updated preface also offers a glimpse into how I landed in this space—and why animals have become such an important part of the stories I tell.
Crossing different times and places—from the American West to seventeenth-century Delft, from a château in France to the woods much closer to home—the stories give animals center stage. They observe, adapt, remember, protect, surprise us—and sometimes reveal a little magic along the way.Animals have always been part of our stories. Often, they are the ones telling them.
The first printed copy arrived this week. After months of writing, illustrating, revising, and preparing the book for print, I finally held it in my hands.
Soon available in paperback from Barnes & Noble.