Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. Her other books include Sunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.
Praise for The Blue Sword
* "This is a zesty, romantic heroic fantasy with an appealingly
stalwart heroine, a finely realized mythical kingdom, and a
grounding in reality that enhances the tale's verve as a fantasy."
—Booklist, starred review
* “McKinley has reworked many familiar mythological motifs into a
tale that is completely fresh; her spare and eloquent prose is
sheer delight.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“A new language, a new landscape, and a new people—all
unforgettable!”—The Horn Book
“McKinley knows her geography of fantasy, the nuances of the
language, the atmosphere of magic . . . .” —The Washington Post
"Any book that, at one point or another, reminded me of The
Sheikh, Gunga Din, Islandia, and The Lord of the
Rings can't be anything but a true original."
—Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction
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