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.
