The Curious Courtship of King George

by Mark E. Mitchell

Follows the career of George, the youngest of wizard Chax's children, as he labors to overthrow his three evil brothers, defeat a colossal dragon, and ascend to the throne

Genres: Fantasy

84 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1998

About the author

Since my kids got old enough to understand, I have been a story teller. At first, though the ideas were unique, my writing was insufficient, but I kept writing, and reading, and little by little, I've gotten better. The paradox of it is, as my writing has improved, I have started having a paucity of ideas. I feel somewhat like a writer in an O. Henry story, who snuck about secretly watching human interaction, hoping he could squeeze a story out of the things he observed. In my life, I have tried a lot of different things, such as teacher, carpenter, rock mason, janitor, soldier, sporting goods designer and student. For the past twenty odd years, I've settled on being a physician, mostly because I've made enough money at medicine so I've been able to afford laptop computers I can use to write. At this point, I have written 21 novels, from at least five different genres. Six of them are children's stories. I love the delight on children's faces as I tell them the stories that started my writing career.
My wife and I live with our two youngest, two lovely girls in southeast Utah. There is much, in the mountains, deserts and forests that surround us to give me much material I can exploit, exaggerating here and there, and creating wonder...

Reviews

[Tara]

I enjoyed the whole series, and the ending wrapped up nicely, but I have to admit this is my least favorite of the series. A wee too much redundancy in the beginning, and everyone gets matched up with their true love way too easily, and I had trouble reading some of the sappy love language aloud with a straight face. But overall, I think the series is great!