kissing the witch old tales in new skins

‘The Tale of the Voice’ is based on Hans Andersen’s Little Mermaid. ‘The Tale of the Needle’ is based on Perrault’s Sleeping Beauty. ‘The Tale of the Skin’ is based on the Grimms’ folk tale of Donkeyskin. ‘The Tale of the Cottage’ is based on the Grimms’ folk tale of Hansel and Gretel. ‘The Tale of the Spinster’ is based on the Grimms’ folk tale of Rumpelstilskin and similar stories of magical helpers. ‘The Tale of the Brother’ is based on Hans Andersen’s Snow Queen. ‘The Tale of the Hair’ is based on the Grimms’ folk tale of Rapunzel. ‘The Tale of the Handkerchief’ is based on the Grimms’ folk tale of the Goose Girl. ‘The Tale of the Apple’ is based on the Grimms’ folk tale of Snow White. ‘The Tale of the Rose’ is based on Madame le Prince de Beaumont’s Beauty and the Beast. ‘The Tale of the Bird’ is based on Hans Andersen’s Thumbelina.

‘The Tale of the Shoe’ is based on the Grimms’ folk tale of Cinderella. I adapted the book into a play of the same name that premiered in 2000. Published for adults in the UK and for young adults in the US, it was shortlisted for a James Tiptree Award and named an ALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults. Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins (UK title, Kissing the Witch) (New York: Joanna Cotler Books, 1997), my third book of fiction and first story collection, is a sequence of thirteen re-imagined fairytales, inspired by traditional European sources (Brothers Grimm, Perrault, Hans Anderson).

Kissing the witch old tales in new skins