There was a time when I read so many retellings. I was all about it and then they all started reading like the same story, so I took a break from that particular subgenre. However, Spindle Fire’s unique take on Sleeping Beauty caught my interest. Instead of faeries gifting a child with favorable traits, they […]
Author: Lexa Hillyer
Lexa Hillyer is the co-founder of Paper Lantern Lit, former YA editor, and author of Proof of Forever. Lexa is also an award-winning poet: Her first collection, Acquainted with the Cold, won the Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize as well as the 2012 Book of the Year Award from ForeWord Reviews. Her poetry has been anthologized in Best New Poets 2012, and has appeared in several journals. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their daughter.