![Once Upon a Retelling](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-pJZ-N7f4uPeSHTDVsQMZVBsfci3FJsNknbxpDWsJlMdUOoDtgFrIR5z4xP-v2tV4e9PU5d51roXD9AjwBdsu_d95Rfp2Fv2QP11b3dYnBE4isJ7pCiPdXQum5Iv6C5KvoIXKNl4HR4/s320/Once+Upon+a+Retelling.png)
Welcome to my Once Upon a Retelling interview series! 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.
Below are the retellings whose authors I have interviewed to date, organised by type. Click on the book cover to be taken to the interview.
Cinderella
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
![Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIxGv_dBN_VcRc-m_9IRZE9tx6hj0PLP65x7i1ZjOB-QYWIZ5F-zGfQ_TTSGu8XcXHIAmqCwI-w1nUIZYGBsff90dsZ4gyUNKdN4ZxbtTmO4ZspdI6mFUcDJrmpTNCPaCYV_nJUWHN_s/s1600/Echo+North.jpg)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
![The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuKXKbeRwmz1kQMHiLmyYMSTdJlhjT-zQnjdkLN128R2FMRy_Z9H1bxUDpKBdvRvL57gPzbc7lz5DRsIfAIa4Y74A8z7u5vbKBID0ENDmEm8EoheCMhkMvnmk0mtcMpSWNrxXFYdAxbs/s1600/The+Boy+Who+Steals+Houses.jpg)
Sleeping Beauty
![Beauty Sleep by Kathryn Evans](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHO2bHQKyqc5e7O-CzkIuj3P_92ZoccXYBEf_Honc4m_2dK_GhOFCADkL_OhxumflspefBejXDnym1sL35g1kKi6PtxevTeWpBKlYNyNCmadIqSof_3VkhCf7p3uocqImDTwltiCQKuQk/s1600/Beauty+Sleep.jpg)
Original Fairy Tales
![Damsel by Elana K. Arnold](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCfS2l0W6ZKsaZINGV1zY6LYnLKXDJF5IWWobuv12_JrX2u6nruprSrtHoNGXSAnP9iAiPCCg97Lc3rtAPPZF8a-NUIGzn9g3MYwrhTHZJ29SliWUqKPWgMl8-kqQltOCCxXkMVbkilE/s1600/Damsel.jpg)
Classics Retellings
Frankenstein/Mary Shelley's writing of Frankenstein
![The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyPEDzS8lkPCURO2rkowQNywRsChi67BbqJFSoLsj0tn7FPw9xe-b3HD48BDzcnlkncKQSp4_WnGOA0pgLySkzAZrkMFoOrU8WmzF1nkOKdZabOYkp4r1KP8Y9ahUgzxgFUFgb8qt3bI/s1600/The+Monsters+We+Deserve.jpg)
Children's Classics Retellings
Alice in Wonderland
![A Blade So Black by L. L. McKinney](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpVKRXPYcwDbgK0JVh0_i8DoOq8DvDngpQds44Id5rxwBuxmOnfWLdPh18VSV-uKlQ7TDlwQOzx1sKrYKKrmdsa4HlQyd_bWvasJ4iKvhB1AxkQiOBApikyecTtCDmJUCgpcyFdjiGr0/s1600/A+Blade+so+Black+UK.jpg)
Peter Pan
![The Navigator's Touch by Julia Ember](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyHDEf3rBfO_GBqUhNlYrRUC8aUOp9C5Tn4t2FyR88PdBviQEsKpeT9f2E3rGDGqG-BGA4x6OJtufT1YctQywl4oLct_X-LZAzQZwYWsDDCzcRMOFFNRTIDu88sW0Xwrbubm86Fvbkc0/s1600/The+Navigator%2527s+Touch.jpg)
Historic Events/People Retellings
The Legend of Anastasia
![Last of Her Name by Jessica Khoury](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxpXyuH4SkwBPutb3KC9y4lP70Yr8i8aInaVCWeiP_2dhufIrEiTpJqnn0CjP8KPfJPgEdPjd8jpzM4HHa6CBGhK71Y1M_MWFKg2PTVSizf4FbkxVYDXr96zIKtnBJcJiVaed5C3qXu0/s1600/Last+of+Her+Name.jpg)
The Gunpowder Plot
![Fawkes by Nadine Brandes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-kwMiCdaP3ANFnykyUZhkSttNcgfqQmNnTWkZa3i8tNdDD5tl_HFqbuEWEf9VwYdI9otGc1FQXaVDZLIzkuE-rhzI4O8SduA3fqGtKzh5Q1qSmJsHAPWvjlUALmbggO9wGrKZSTv5B8/s1600/Fawkes.png)
Henry VIII / His Wives
![The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8oxeSH7dQW_-h0tKFsquA81mhI8bR3nRdbGjJrd_8d_TXdRT8u7fsVfnyVWWiLY6T8MFTQX8pDdqU1O0E1Z-9irLz3tTnjFMDj4ZK8tPRtKz8ElJodEeovLb3xDx2dGs8IbuL8xoCfY/s1600/The+Dead+Queens+Club.jpg)
Mary Read
![The Unbiding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUaiG6Mb9mZ_GkKUkUJSSFGTknSUV-1iNFaoIQT3GvLa0nECuwvsyh87WmKgH7JaU34AS_KpFGdTAN2VQmVnNe8z4aOjaVwKugVYCYrmPv1qJaRpTKUXKNqYS3yCulGkppiEpVbAM5fg/s320/The+Unbinding+of+Mary+Reade.png)
Sophie Scholl
![White Rose by Kip Wilson](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_84iNldBka_9RNpB1aHXl12jiXcCn7p7ntYy5KTLdDz6a7-IIxJnYdkbu9fwWfSkq0jDLm2dd4Rz2ePCZKFewjuPQsQBTKgK4mJd50mFyX9A_DihAtq3OQ8HUarDjEOIwSGa5Hn72FU/s1600/White+Rose.jpg)
Legend Retellings
Beowulf
![The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeUsSNZzdlCY74rJe-BArmiGrBYU5XqNMK-rfOtZJTYbZHbA17hAgrR8S2rSY8QWlb_c6HCpJNAImRHX64p1PHMqUiZymEvGMOIIizkLR_TAgp6hiYdJ2z2PFV_zPFW7N923Kc2yllks/s1600/Boneless+Mercies.png)
Tristan and Eseult
![Sweet Black Waves by Kristina PĂ©rez](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzOx-8lJacRywpGsHeY6mfB5LUQ8pLY-CIwpv9n3IWJ5LysnbHZpHAtEbN1ZUBELy7hUWeeRnU9uOQdViwhY_xo8hO1GZT0mBv2PqYifFqU90Pw7htfcPutmpurW5xYI_QgbRRZM859w/s1600/Sweet+Black+Waves.jpg)
Myth Retellings
Greek Myths
Atalanta
![Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe-RMqyQqyvwT_7Pd9Ouj-KLYri5zN_3LnDWqeG2lFAjwUu8B1oIBqfg5v-eO7HArR8uPcZ0JUE0Ht_aJ-FaiXjCAQ59AEwbOI6h_trZxC69tffUgKse-2sR73RzFfKtaiRRXmb4U0-o/s1600/Outrun+the+Wind.jpg)
Cassandra
![Cassandra by Kathryn Gossow](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSJhXGw9fEXwHdthCLfllmJqZvkF5jIeR9SN5PmdEvsdQYeCGrKzgxJar4FWuOrY9mKWdc5buVrZGWVJTiSuVGORMgi4NT9hzJTxX0F1_Rkhp4oxx4FSlqL_JgpDOD2_R7_DeX6DgD8A/s1600/Cassandra.jpg)
The Trojan War
![A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizILxNoV5cTlTfmebRyg0WCDY-FjLkLXumEQFSOCnvBK_Ovr8f8Zw5J1XQHCTCWRfqMlyHKt7h-12goBVevYnKSQ2_NY2XXKm_N7ddQGfBLbrI1jSd5ctODYyjl1SCv6nc4IkS9_rQ-iA/s1600/A+Thousand+Ships.jpg)
Indian Myths
The Mahabharata
![A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiSQa9AHmW0YN8gMqo0uDalYG9skE3So2RPfowUXQBf1nU2QBwWT7ZGjn2rLlonpS-yR4MQdWqB7-2JhuKK7SP7g8tonw5RuXqhwtj7ZSn1PvCJBoSL6x6YO08oGhrB8QYAODqyhBuUM/s1600/A+Spark+of+White+Fire.jpg)
Shakespearean Retellings
King Lear
![The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzFbOAMeFrWEzw1EZz7SpO6tsTjqOiWKh-omPjdV91URPjmmsjbuJ259c1338h2NvENRjwbLJRf-ozeT3ZUYV-m0N3D7aaGUyK0GfbCH9qxPpZPFlLbwEftK6Nz84w12SRv71LjsjyDs/s1600/The+Queens+of+Innis+Lear.jpg)
The Tempest
![Storm-Wake by Lucy Christopher](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAcQEsS7cHuh0mHnIOlBaImbdbZ9TJsdbImWn5Wvm6b6byTTOMQgmrzcIMP4nVXu8aJx9poAfu0sc8OZ-Xv7rscj3_2MM7idLzwCnVbSypcNPDuAXc9K7h3IW6uB-IUVU4BnmEPZeysE/s320/Storm-Wake.jpg)
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