Author Interview with Lisa Mantchev.

"All her world's a stage.

 Bertie Shakespeare Smith is not an actress, yet she lives in a theater.

She's not an orphan, but she has no parents.

She knows every part, but she has no lines of her own.

That is, until now.

 Enter Stage Right

  NATE. Dashing pirate. Will do anything to protect Bertie.

 COBWEB, MOTH, MUSTARD SEED, and PEASEBLOSSOM. Four tiny and incredibly annoying fairies. BERTIE'S sidekicks.

 ARIEL. Seductive air spirit and Bertie's weakness. The symbol of impending doom.

 BERTIE. Our...