At the Huffington Post, Rebecca Serle interviews Newberry Prize winning author Kathi Appelt, specifically on the subject of American Fantasy.   Not fantasy fiction written by Americans, but fantasy fiction that draws on American locales and imagery.

Regular readers know that I have been all over this like a bear on a beehive with my Story Behind the Story series, explaining how I wanted to step away from the elves and swords and write fantasy that drew on American imagery and textual artifacts the way Tolkien drew on northern European imagery and textual artifacts.

Appelt could not echo my sentiments more clearly than when she says: Continue reading →