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Emily C. A.
Snyder has been inventing stories shince she was old enough to babble,
and writing them down since she was old enough to dictate. Her interest
in and love for fantasy first stemmed from the Brothers Grimm and Hans
Christian Anderson--a love which led her to write her thesis on the "Definition,
Development, and Defense of Political Fantasy."
Ms. Snyder is the creator of the Christian Guide to Fantasy web
site, a compendium of reviews, and its sister site, Tower of Ivory Literary
E-zine whose purpose is to foster new talent.
In her spare time, Ms. Snyder teaches English and acting, and
directs plays ranging from sprawling musicals to Shakespeare, to original
comedies of manner. Ms. Snyder earned her B.A. from Franciscan University
of Steubenville, and has trained in both the United Kingdom and Hollywood.
Emily Snyder's first novel, Niamh and the Hermit,
is published by Arx Publishing.
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Artistic Influences
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Literature
Hans Christian
Andersen -
The Collected Fairy Tales
Austen - Persuasion
Burnett - A Little Princess
Edgerton - The Green Lion Triology and The Silver Wheel Trilogy
Brothers Grimm- The Collected Fairy Tales
Hamilton - Mythology
Hugo - Les Miserables
Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia and Til We Have Faces
Shakespeare - Collected Plays
Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Volsky - Illusion
Philosophy/Theology
Dante - Divine
Comedy
Aristotle - Metaphysics, Nichomachean Ethics, Poetics, and Politics
Augustine - City of God
Chesterton - Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man
John Paul II - Crossing the Threshold of Hope
Hahn - Lamb's Supper
Kreeft - Ecumenical Jihad
Lewis - Mere Christianity and God in the Dock
Plato - The Republic
Swift - Battle of the Books
Webster - The French Revolution
Cinema
Beauty and
the Beast
Fiddler on the Roof
It's a Wonderful Life
Lord of the Rings
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