Elizabeth White

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The United Kingdom
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Influences
C.S Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien, Susan Cooper, Alan Garner

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January 2016


Elizabeth White writes fantasy set in the modern day UK for readers aged eleven and upwards who like nothing better than to be drawn into a world of hidden magic.

She has very specific ideas about the nature of dragons, believes that humans could behave a lot more responsibly towards the planet they live on, and that the philosophy of doing as you wish but doing no harm is as good a moral philosophy as any.

Currently, she lives in the land-locked county of Northamptonshire with her husband, and puts a lot of her spare time into encouraging the flowers and vegetables in the cottage garden to thrive. The sea is one of her great loves, and she would be quite happy to let a few more weeds grow if it was possible to have a daily walk along a sea s
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Average rating: 4.33 · 3 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work
Dragon Bearer's Son

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“Genius is supposed to be 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.
On the other hand, catering is 99% perspiration and 1% improvisation.”
Elizabeth White

“Shut up, you two! Auntie Elizabeth is concentrating on being in the wrong lane.”
Elizabeth White

“Experience is what you get while looking for something else.”
Federico Fellini

“Genius is supposed to be 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.
On the other hand, catering is 99% perspiration and 1% improvisation.”
Elizabeth White

“Shut up, you two! Auntie Elizabeth is concentrating on being in the wrong lane.”
Elizabeth White

“You can lead a horse to water but only very rarely can you drown him and get away with it.”
Sue Perry, C.R.I.M.E. Science
tags: humor

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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