Size: 6x0x9; Minor shelf wear to binding with scuffs & small scratches. Small

Size: 6x0x9; Minor shelf wear to binding with scuffs & small scratches. Small discolorations on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

AP3-A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover SIGNED by

AP3-A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover SIGNED by Leonard S. Marcus on the title page and Garth Nix on his page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has small scuff on the left side of the lower spine, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. The Wand In The Word: Conversations With Writers Of Fantasy compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus. Writers are: Lloyd Alexander, Franny Billingsley, Susan Cooper, Nancy Farmer, Brian Jacques, Diana Wynne Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin, Madeleine L'Engle, Garth Nix, Tamora Pierce, Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, Jane Yolen. 9.5"x6.75", 202 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Tell me more about the magic in your books… "Fantasy, " writes Leonard S. Marcus, "is storytelling with the beguiling power to transform the impossible into the imaginable and to reveal our own 'real' world in a fresh and truth-bearing light." Few have harnessed this power with the artistry, verve, and imagination of the authors encountered in this compelling book. How do they work their magic? In a series of incisive and richly rewarding interviews, Marcus engages thirteen master storytellers in spirited conversation about their pivotal life experiences, their literary influences and work routines, and their core beliefs about the place of fantasy in literature and our lives. Finely nuanced and continually revealing, the interviews range widely over questions of literary craft and moral vision, providing inspiring reading for fantasy fans and future writers alike.