Liz Gloyn

Jan 11, 2024 | shepherd.com | Liz Gloyn |Mary Renault |Bernardine Evaristo |Madeline Miller

Mary Renault’s retelling of the life of the Greek hero Theseus, from his childhood up to escaping the labyrinth, was one of the earliest novels set in the ancient world that I read. It completely captured my imagination through the way it mixes the bones of the myth with a world which tries to reconstruct what it might have been like to live in ancient Greece. Renault’s writing is full of detail and her characters are rich and complicated. Why should I read it?

Jul 22, 2023 | dawn.com | Liz Gloyn

Ruby Gillman’s story follows a fairly standard plot: an adolescent girl longs to go to prom but must overcome both her overprotective mother’s objections and conflict with a new popular kid at school. Oh, except the girl is actually a kraken. And her nemesis is a megalomaniac mermaid. When you think of a kraken you probably think of a sea monster of enormous size, lashing out to sink ships that sail too close to it.

Jul 5, 2023 | tolerance.ca | Liz Gloyn

Ruby Gillman’s story follows a fairly standard plot: an adolescent girl longs to go to prom but must overcome both her overprotective mother’s objections and conflict with a new popular kid at school. Oh, except the girl is actually a kraken. And her nemesis is a megalomaniac mermaid. When you think of a kraken you probably think of a sea monster of enormous size, lashing out to sink ships that sail too close to it.

Jul 5, 2023 | theconversation.com | Liz Gloyn

Ruby Gillman’s story follows a fairly standard plot: an adolescent girl longs to go to prom but must overcome both her overprotective mother’s objections and conflict with a new popular kid at school. Oh, except the girl is actually a kraken. And her nemesis is a megalomaniac mermaid. When you think of a kraken you probably think of a sea monster of enormous size, lashing out to sink ships that sail too close to it.