Mette Ivie Harrison





Mette Ivie Harrison

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My name is pronounced "Metty" like my mother's "Betty." It is Danish, and we were all named after ancestors. I guess by the time they got to number nine (out of eleven), it was getting tricky. So I got the funny Danish name no one knew how to prounounce. In Denmark, it should be "meta" like "metaphysical." It's from the Greek for "pearl." And no, it's not short for anything. Not even Mediterannean.

My first book, THE MONSTER IN ME was accepted for publication in 1999 and was published in 2002. My second book, MIRA, MIRROR was published in 2004. The latest book, THE PRINCESS AND THE HOUND , was published in 2007. A sequel, THE PRINCESS AND THE BEAR, came out in April of 2009.

I now live in Utah with my husband and 5 children, ages 5 to 14. I...more


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1. Print it on specially colored paper.
2. Turn one of your pages upside down to see it is read that far.
3. Send it in with a bribe of some kind, like chocolate.
4. Declare that your kids love your book.
5. Threaten, in a joking way, what you will do if it isn't published.
6. Describe the publishing industry as a waste of time.
7. Diss books published by agent or editor you are querying.
8. Talk abou... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.35 · 11,549 ratings · 1,663 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors
The Princess and the Hound ...
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 6,562 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions
The Princess and the Bear (...
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 2,076 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
Mira, Mirror
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 1,309 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
The Princess and the Snowbi...
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
Tris & Izzie
2.46 of 5 stars 2.46 avg rating — 802 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
The Rose Throne (The Rose T...
3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
The Monster in Me
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2003
The Princess and the Horse ...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011
The Magician's Apprentice
2.75 of 5 stars 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011
Ten Apprentices
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012
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“My point is that when you fall in love it's with a real person with flaws. Not with a perfect character from a fairy tale.”
Mette Ivie Harrison, Tris & Izzie

“Be classy, if you must say anything at all. I think silence is very classy.”
Mette Ivie Harrison

“You will find yourself, as he did. But that will not mean it is easy. There are few things easy in life that are worth the doing.”
Mette Ivie Harrison, The Princess and the Hound

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