USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story, splicing the threads of the Sleeping Beauty stories.
A former academic and adjunct, Alix E. Harrow is now a full-time
writer living in Kentucky with her husband and their semi-feral
toddlers. In 2019 she won a Hugo Award for her short fiction and
published her first novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Find
her on Twitter!
(she/her)
An NPR Best Book of 2021 A Locus Best Book and Editor Favorite of
2021
Shortlisted for the 2022 Hugo Award
A Locus Award Finalist
Shortlisted for the 2022 British Fantasy Award "A vivid, subversive
and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable
destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a
good working knowledge of fairy tales." --Katherine Arden,
bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy "An exceptional
heroine, smart writing, and a winning plot." --Nancy Pearl "It's
funny, sharp, queer, and deeply loves its source material...This
novella pushes against the hopelessness of inevitability; it dares
us to believe in sympathetic magic; it tells us we're connected
through story. It might dent your heart a little, but it's good
fun." --NPR "Like Into the Spider-Verse for Disney princesses, A
Spindle Splintered is a delightful mash-up featuring Alix E.
Harrow's trademark beautiful prose and whip-smart characters."
--Mike Chen, author of Here and Now and Then "A wonderfully
imaginative, and Queer as hell, tale for those who wish to be the
authors of their own stories." --Kalynn Bayron, author of
Cinderella is Dead "This is a self-aware, empowered riff on
Sleeping Beauty that manages to be thrilling, funny, smart, and
sweet." --Sarah Pinsker, Nebula Award-winning author of A Song for
a New Day "Alix Harrow takes traditional fairy tales, turns them
inside out, then upside down, and uses them to kick ass. Brava!"
--Ellen Klages, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of
The Green Glass Sea and Passing Strange "A Spindle Splintered is a
princess story gone rogue. At times sweet and funny, at others
bitingly acerbic, this whirlwind tour of fairyland jabs at the old
happily-ever-afters -- and asks whether we might want more than a
prince and a palace."--Kerstin Hall, author of The Border Keeper
"Harrow creates a lush and magical world with well-developed
characters who are easy to love and root for." --School Library
Journal, starred review "Themes of female friendship, female
strength, and female independence leave good feels behind, not to
mention some laugh-out-loud bits...This fairy tale-superhero movie
mashup is pure entertainment." --Kirkus Reviews
"Best-selling author Harrow revives and rejuvenates the Sleeping
Beauty fairy tale with a feminist twist in her latest... Harrow
uses her excellent skill as a storyteller to give agency back to
the passive princess." --Booklist
"Accompanied by Arthur Rackham's original illustrations, this quick
read is a must for fairy-tale readers." --Buzzfeed, Best Books of
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