Once Upon a Retelling: The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton

Welcome to Once Upon a Retelling! I'm a huge fan of retellings, and I'm really interested in hearing about authors' own love of the original stories, and what inspired them to retell those stories. And so Once Upon a Retelling was born, a feature in which I interview authors about their versions of well-loved tales.

I'm super excited to have Tessa Gratton stopping by the blog today to talk to us about her King Lear retelling, The Queens of Innis Lear.

Can you tell us a little about The Queens of Innis Lear? What kind of a retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear is it?

QUEENS is a feminist fantasy retelling—the plot generally follows that of the play, but I’ve imagined deeper characterizations and motivations for all the characters Shakespeare left flat, especially the women.

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Once Upon a Retelling: Storm-Wake by Lucy Christopher

Welcome to Once Upon a Retelling! I'm a huge fan of retellings, and I'm really interested in hearing about authors' own love of the original stories, and what inspired them to retell those stories. And so Once Upon a Retelling was born, a feature in which I interview authors about their versions of well-loved tales.

I'm really excited to have Lucy Christopher stopping by the blog for the first Once Upon a Telling, to talk about her latest novel, Storm-Wake, a retelling of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Can you tell us a little about Storm-Wake? What kind of a retelling of The Tempest is it?

Storm-Wake is a novel inspired by William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It is a sort of reimagining I suppose. I imagined the kind of situation where a modern-day Miranda might be marooned on an island with only her father for company – it would have to be a pretty strange island; it would have to be a pretty strange father to keep them there for an entire decade.

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