[press-announce] New Bellairs books

[Anthony Lewis]

NESFA Press is proud to announce the publication of Magic Mirrors, a
collection of fantasy and parody by John Bellairs. Although John was best
known for his YA gothic thrillers, this volume contains all his non-juvenile
fiction.

The Face in the Frost is a story of the magicians Prospero and Roger Bacon,
unlikely heroes who struggle against an evil seeping across their world.
The Dolphin Cross is the first part of an unfinished sequel to The Face in
the Frost, in which Prospero and Roger discover there is more work to be
done.  Saint Fidgita and Other Parodies, his first book, was inspired by his
Roman Catholic upbringing and teaching experiences.  The Pedant and the
Shuffly is the light-hearted story of the confrontation between an
unscrupulous logician and an unlikely knight, who is aided by a creature
rather like a haystack.

The full color cover is by Omar Rayyan, winner of many art awards.  The dust
jacket was designed by Sheila Rayyan. The interior illustrations are the
original artwork by Marilyn Fitschen.

Edited by Ann A. Broomhead and Timothy P. Szczesuil.

Hardcover, 384 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, ISBN-10: 1-886778-67-1 (ISBN-13:
978-1-886778-67-2), July 2009, $25.00.

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