Claire Heywood

Mar 20, 2023 | themillions.com | Claire Heywood

The Casual Villainy of Greek Heroes In the early fifth century BC, the Olympic boxer Kleomedes was disqualified from a match after killing his opponent with a foul move. Outraged at being deprived of the victory and its attendant prize, he became “mad with grief” and tore down a school in his hometown, killing many of the children who were studying there. Kleomedes managed to escape the angry mob that soon pursued him, and disappeared without trace.

Feb 24, 2023 | lithub.com | Claire Heywood

Bestseller lists of recent years have shown that our interest in the tales of the ancient Greeks is still going strong after three millennia, and even experiencing a renaissance. This is a testament, I think, to the timelessness of their content: the deeply human passions and agonies that they evoke, the questions they raise about our own imperfect world, and the fluidity of form and tradition which makes them so ripe for retelling.

Feb 21, 2023 | penguinrandomhouse.com | Claire Heywood |Alina Boyden |Orson Scott Card |Patricia McKillip

Stealing Thunder Paperback $16.00 Sword Stone Table Paperback $17.00 Enchantment Paperback $17.00 Kingfisher Hardcover $27.00 Doom of the Darksword Paperback $8.99 Misrule Paperback $18.00 The Weaver and the Witch Queen Hardcover $27.00 White Cat, Black Dog Hardcover $27.00 Ysabel Paperback $16.00 Beauty Paperback $19.00 “[A] markedly fresh spin on a classic tale, the allegedly valiant adventures of Perseus, the Greek hero who slew the Gorgon Medusa….In the rash, impulsive, arrogant, spoiled,...