by Kate Forsyth
I am also very grateful to the gifted poets whose Rapunzel poems have been quoted throughout the book: Arlene Ang, G. K. Chesterton, Nicole Cooley, Adelaide Crapsey, William Morris, Anne Sexton, Lisa Russ Spaar, Gwen Strauss and Louis Untermeyer. I do hope you’ll go on to read more of their amazing work.
I could not have written this book without my research trip to Paris, Venice, Gascony and the Italian lakes. Thank you to my three amazing children, who came adventuring with me, and to my husband, Greg, who stayed behind to pay the bills.
I love you all!
About the Author
KATE FORSYTH is the bestselling author of more than twenty books, ranging from picture books to poetry to novels for both children and adults. She has won numerous awards and been published in fourteen countries around the world. She is a direct descendant of Charlotte Waring, the author of A Mother’s Offering to her Children, the first book for children ever published in Australia. She lives by the sea in Sydney with her husband, three children, a rambunctious Rhodesian Ridgeback, a bad-tempered black cat, and many thousands of books.
www.kateforsyth.com.au
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First published in Great Britain by Allison & Busby in 2013.
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Copyright © 2012 by KATE FORSYTH
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