Today I'm welcoming fellow Debutante Deva Fagan to my blog, in celebration of her new release FORTUNE'S FOLLY, available now for purchase. Deva has dreamed up one of the best heroine names I've heard in a long time: Fortunata. You just know this is a girl who's going to wend her way into some fantastic and mystical adventures.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STORY: Ever since her mother died and her father lost his shoemaking skills, Fortunata has survived by telling fake fortunes. But when she's tricked into telling a grand fortune for a prince, she is faced with the impossible task of fulfilling her wild prophecy-or her father will be put to death. Now Fortunata has to help Prince Leonato secure a magic sword, vanquish a wicked witch, discover a long-lost golden shoe, and rescue the princess who fits it. If only she hadn't fallen in love with the prince herself. . . .
DEVA ANSWERED MY THREE FAVE QUESTIONS:
--I think teen books can, and should, be read by grown-ups. Tell my grandma Grace why she should read your book.
She should read it if she likes fairy-tales, adventure, romance, or hideously ugly shoes.
--What would your 16-year-old self say if she read your book?
Why is there no unicorn in this book??? (I went through a long Unicorn Phase)
--I am fascinated by writers' inspirations. Tell me about a real-life setting that found its way into your book.
The setting of FORTUNE'S FOLLY is a fantasy world, but it is inspired by renaissance Italy. Some of the pivotal scenes take place in a city modeled on Venice, full of canals and bridges and twisting walkways. I had a lot of fun looking through real pictures for inspiration!
AND HERE'S THE SCOOP ON DEVA:
Deva likes searching for patterns, which is how she explains both her degree in mathematics and the echoes of old fairy-tales in her stories. She also loves tea, gardening, and playing the fiddle. She lives in Maine with her husband and her dog.
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