Ursula Le Guin (Author)
Ursula Le Guin was born in Berkley, California, in 1929, daughter
of the writer Theodora Krober and the anthropologist Alfred Krober.
Her published work includes twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of
short stories, three collections of essays, twelve books for
children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation. Among her
novels are the The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, both
winners of the Nebula and Hugo awards, Always Coming Home, winner
of the 1985 Kafka Award, and Four Ways to Forgiveness. In 2009 she
won her sixth Nebula award for Powers. She died in January 2018
aged 88.
Penguin/Puffin published the first volume of the Earthsea books, A
Wizard of Earthsea, in 1971. The Earthsea books have been
translated into many languages around the world and are global
bestsellers.
Ngadi Smart (Illustrator)
Ngadi Smart is a Sierra-Leonean visual artist and designer based
between London, UK, and Abidjan, C te d'Ivoire. Her practice
consists of illustration, photography and design. She also works as
a mixed-media artist, primarily in the form of collage art. In her
illustration work, she is motivated by the representation of
minorities, highlighting cultural identity and racial
discrimination, as well as themes on feminism and gender roles. She
likes to deconstruct mainstream society's views of what is
'normal', 'beautiful' and 'right'. She has illustrated for the
Atlantic, Time Out London, Eastpak and the Guardian, among others.
Praise for The Tombs of Atuan (book two) 'A fantasy adventure
that's actually a feminist horror thriller.'
*Entertainment Weekly*
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