Gail Carson Levine





Gail Carson Levine

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September 17, 1947 in New York, New York, The United States

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Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and has been writing all her life. Her first book for children, Ella Enchanted, was a 1998 Newbery Honor Book. Levine's other books include Fairest; Dave at Night, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults; The Wish; The Two Princesses of Bamarre; and the six Princess Tales books. She is also the author of the nonfiction book Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly and the picture book Betsy Who Cried Wolf, illustrated by Scott Nash. Gail, her husband, David, and their Airedale, Baxter, live in a two-hundred-year-old farmhouse in the Hudson River Valley of New York State.


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This question has come up a few times, so let me say it here: The prompts in Writing Magic and on this blog are yours to use. If the resulting fiction is published I want to hear about it so I can cheer along with you, and a print acknowledgement, if you can, is always appreciated.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 147,474 ratings · 11,339 reviews · 31 distinct works
Ella Enchanted
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 73,938 ratings — published 1997 — 33 editions
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Fairest
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 17,992 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions
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The Two Princesses of Bamarre
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 15,896 ratings — published 2001 — 18 editions
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Ever
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 7,564 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions
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The Princess Test
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 4,231 ratings5 editions
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The Fairy's Mistake
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 3,650 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
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Cinderellis and the Glass Hill
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 3,545 ratings6 editions
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The Wish
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 3,825 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions
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Princess Sonora and the Long S...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 3,047 ratings5 editions
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For Biddle's Sake
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 2,415 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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More books by Gail Carson Levine…
The Fairy's Mistake The Princess Test Cinderellis and the Glass Hill Princess Sonora and the Long S... For Biddle's Sake The Fairy's Return
The Princess Tales (6 books)
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3.75689812371035 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 20,839 ratings
Fairy Dust and the Quest for t... Fairy Haven and the Quest for... Fairies and the Quest for Neve...
Disney Fairies (3 books)
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“A library is infinity under a roof.”
Gail Carson Levine

“Step follows step,
Hope follows Courage,
Set your face towards danger,
Set your heart on victory.”
Gail Carson Levine, The Two Princesses of Bamarre

“There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a part of you, in a way that words in a book you've read only once can't.”
Gail Carson Levine, Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly

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