Woman Crush Wednesday: Emma Woodhouse

April 8, 2015 by Erin

Featured In: Emma by Jane Austen (1815) – plus a whole bunch of subsequent film adaptations, sequels and retellings. Check out the latest Emma-inspired book, the delightful Emma: A Modern Retelling, by Alexander McCall Smith. About Her: Emma Woodhouse is the eponymous main character in Jane Austen’s fourth published novel. The book is quick to lay out Emma’s situation and character in its first pages: “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite […]

Categories: Ladies • Tags: Clueless, emma woodhouse, Jane Austen, paul rudd, woman crush wednesday

Woman Crush Wednesday: Madeleine L’Engle

April 1, 2015 by Caitlin

Popular Works: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in The Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, An Acceptable Time, Troubling a Star About Her: Madeleine L’Engle, born November 29, 1918, published her first book, A Wrinkle In Time in 1960, though she began writing at the wee age of five. She’s most notable for her Kairos and Chronos series, which feature the Murry and O’Keefe families respectively, but has published more than 60 books. Fun Fact: A Wrinkle In Time was […]

Categories: Ladies • Tags: A Wrinkle In Time, children's literature, Hope Larson, Madeline L'Engle

Woman Crush Wednesday: Melina Marchetta

March 25, 2015 by Erin

Popular Works: Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca, Jellicoe Road (published as On the Jellicoe Road in Australia), The Lumatere Chronicles About Her: Melina Marchetta is an Australian young adult author and former English and History teacher. Her first two novels were awarded the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year, and in 2009 she received the American Library Association’s Michael L. Printz award for Jellicoe Road. Her first fantasy novel, Finnikin of the Rock, received Australia’s Aurealis Fantasy Award […]

Categories: Ladies • Tags: jellicoe road, melina marchetta, wcw, wcwliterature, woman crush wednesday, young adult literature