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The Caroline Stevermer Papers
Introduction
Linear feet of shelf space: 2
Number of containers: 3
Scope and Content:
The Caroline Stevermer Papers consists of printed (paper-based) and handwritten
manuscripts for her novel When the King Comes Home, along with a small amount
of correspondence related to those materials. The collection is divided into
series based upon format. Series I consists of novels, and Series II consists
of correspondence. The majority of materials are organized within their series
based upon original date of publication.
Biographical Sketch:
Caroline Stevermer (born 1955) is a writer of young adult fantasy novels and
shorter works. She is best known for two series of historical fantasy novels.With
Patricia C. Wrede, she wrote three novels set in an alternate Regency England
where magic and non-magic society exist side-by-side and cooperatively:
•
Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence
of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London
and the Country (1988, reprinted 2003)
•
The Grand Tour or The Purloined Coronation Regalia: Being a Revelation of Matters
of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the
Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality
(2004)
•
The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between
Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government
and the Security of the Realm (2006).
Her first novel written as Caroline Stevermer is a 1988 fantasy called The
Serpent's Egg. She has two previous books written as C.J.Stevermer: The Alchemist:
Death of a Borgia (1980) and The Duke and the Veil (1981), both published by
Ace. (biography taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Stevermer)
Sources:
http://members.authorsguild.net/carolinestev/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Stevermer)
Inventory of Collection Links:
Caroline Stevermer Collection Inventory (pdf)
Caroline Stevermer Collection Inventory (rich text format)
Collection processor: J. G. Adair
Last updated: 7/9/2008
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