Category Archives: Ysabel
Q&A with Guy about Ysabel
This interview has been taken from the official Ysabel website of Penguin Canada, with permission. ________________________________ Q: One of your trademarks as an author is to take real historical events and settings and use them as the basis for the … Continue reading
Letter to the Reader of Ysabel
Dear Reader, When my family and I embarked on our own “year in Provence” in the autumn of 2004, I discovered that the well known seductions of the south of France could come with challenges that went beyond plumbing or … Continue reading
Prologue to Ysabel
There is one story and one story only That will prove worth your telling, Whether as learned bard or gifted child; To it all lines or lesser gauds belong That startle with their shining Such common stories as they stray … Continue reading
Kay’s Provence: From Arbonne to Ysabel
Faye Ringel, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, Department of Humanities U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, USA This paper was written by Dr. Faye Ringel, formerly Professor of Humanities, U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Versions were presented at the International Conference on … Continue reading
Reviews of Ysabel
This page contains reviews from the following in order: The Agony Column, Alternative Reality Web Zine, The Globe and Mail, Orson Scott Card’s Web Zine, Blog Critics, Bookslut, Fantasy & Science Fiction From Fantasy to Slipstream Review by Rick Kleffel … Continue reading
NoveList Reading Guide for Ysabel
Reproduced with kind permission from NoveList. Summary: In Provence, the past does not lie quietly. Fifteen-year-old Ned Marriner discovers the truth of this adage the hard way when he encounters a mysterious man inside the Saint-Sauveur cathedral in Aix-en-Provence. Ned … Continue reading
Reading Passage from Ysabel
From Chapter Five of Ysabel Inside the café, the man in the grey leather jacket, two tables over from where they’d been, puts down his newspaper. There is no need to hide his face any more. He might possibly have … Continue reading
Cover of Ysabel (UK hardback)
Artist: Larry Rostant Publisher: Simon & Schuster (UK cover)
Cover of Ysabel (Russian edition)
Cover of Ysabel (Czech Republic edition)
Artist: Milan Dubnicky Publiser: Talpress
Cover of Ysabel (Canadian hardback edition)
Preview version
Final cover of Ysabel (Canadian hardback edition)
Final version. Artist: Greg Banning Publisher: Penguin Canada
American cover of Ysabel
Artist: Larry Rostant Design: Ray Lundgren Publisher: Penguin Roc (US cover)
French Canadian edition of Ysabel
Artist: Jacques Lamontagne Publisher: Alire (Canadian French edition)