Paul Park

This author comes recommended by Gwenda Bond. The first book in Park's most recent fantasy series, A Princess of Roumania, has gathered some high praise. "It's not what you're thinking though," Bond writes. "Park takes the conventions of high fantasy and darkens them, deepens them in a tale in which our world is a fiction created to conceal the princess of an alterate Romania; he masterfully draws his characters, dipping into and out of their points of view seamlessly." As if that's not enough, Bond informs us, "One of the main characters even becomes a dog! You can't beat that." Comparisons to Pullman's His Dark Materials series are regular occurrences in reviews of Park's latest effort.

More about Paul Park
+  An interview with Paul Park (a good read)
+  A science-fiction short titled "The Tourist"
+  Henry at Crooked Timber says Roumania is a "modern classic"
+  Review of one of Park's science-fiction novels, Celestis (scroll down)

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