ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ROSALIND KERVEN is an expert in world myths and legends, which she has been collecting and retelling for thirty years. With an academic background in social anthropology, she has thousands of stories on file, from many different countries and cultures.
Rosalind has written over seventy books, highly acclaimed by reviewers and published in twenty-two countries. She has worked for publishers such as the British Museum, British Library, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, the National Trust, DK and Batsford, as well as her own small imprint, Talking Stone.
She has presented several papers to the Folklore Society, written articles on traditional stories for Gramarye and folklorethursday.com, and contributed to both live and online events at the Scottish Storytelling Centre
"Rosalind Kerven, connoisseur of myths and folktales"
– The Independent
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