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Letters to the Pumpkin King

This is the first collection of Seanan McGuire's non-fiction works. It contains everything from essays about "My Little Pony" and being a geek girl, to her advice on writing and things she's learned since becoming a published author, to poetry reprinted from her out-of-print, limited-edition collections, Paths Through the Babylon Woodand Leaves From the Babylon Wood.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 387 pages

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