About the Author

William Gray is Professor of Literary History at the University of Chichester, UK; founder and director of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales, and Fantasy (SCFFF); and editor of the centre's journal, He has published on subjects such as fantasy, literature, philosophy, and theology, including books about C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Joanna Gilar has a doctorate in fairy tales and ecological strorytelling from the University of Chichester, UK (SCFFF). She has spent many years teaching language and literature, and is also a poet and storyteller. Rose Williamson has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona and is now studying at the SCFFF for her PhD -- a historical and literary analysis of food details in fairy tails. She writes fairy-tale adaptations.