Elizabeth Wein - Bibliography

Non-Fiction:

22 January, 2019 
The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II
History of the Night Witches

Novels: 

To release in 2023: 

Little Brown USA, November 2020

Bloomsbury Children's UK, May 2020

December 2017

Disney Hyperion USA May 2017

Bloomsbury Children's UK 2017

Doubleday Canada 2017

Audio book from Bolinda Audio, read by Maggie Service

(The Young Pilots - 3 books)

(Egmont UK, February 2015; Disney-Hyperion, March 2015; Doubleday Canada, March 2015)

(Egmont UK, June 2013; Disney-Hyperion, September 2013; Doubleday Canada, September 2013)

*US/UK/CAN paperbacks*

 

(Egmont UK, 2012; Disney-Hyperion, 2012; Doubleday Canada, 2012. Translated into French, Chinese, Hebrew, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Swedish and more.)

Ten Year Anniversary Edition, Little Brown, May 2022

(The Lion Hunters - 5 books)

 The Mark of Solomon, Book 2 (Viking, 2008)

The Mark of Solomon, Book 1 (Viking, 2007)

(Viking, 2004; Puffin, 2005; Firebird, 2006)

(Viking, 2003; Firebird, 2004)

(Atheneum, 1993; Firebird, 2003)

Short fiction:

 

"Change of Heart." Code Name Verity in space. In Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View, 2017.

"The Color of the Sky." Story about pioneer pilot Bessie Coleman. In A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls. Ed. Jessica Spotswood. Candlewick, 2016.

"The Battle of Elphinloan." In Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns. Ed. Michael Cart. HarperTeen, 2015.

 "For the Briar Rose." In Queen Victoria's Book of Spells. Ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: Tor, 2013.

“Something Worth Doing.” In Firebirds Soaring. Ed. Sharyn November. New York: Firebird Books, 2009.

(featuring a character from Code Name Verity)
(with her own free extra: Findo Gask)

“Always the Same Story.” In The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales. Ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: Viking, 2007.

“Chain of Events.” In Rush Hour: Reckless. Ed. Michael Cart. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, June 2006.

“Chasing the Wind.” In Firebirds. Ed. Sharyn November. New York: Firebird Books, 2003.

 

“A Dear Gazelle.” In Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine Issue 47 (2000), pp. 34–38.

 “The Ethiopian Knight.” In Odyssey: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy Issue 7 (1998), pp. 42–46.

“No Human Hands to Touch.” In  Ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: HarperPrism, 1998; reprinted New York: Eos, 2002.
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers.
(featuring characters from The Winter Prince)

“The Bellcaster’s Apprentice.” In The Horns of Elfland. Ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, and Donald G. Keller. New York: Roc/Penguin USA, 1997.

“New Year’s Eve.” In Not the Only One. Ed. Tony Grima. Boston: Alyson Press, 1995.

“Fire.” In Writers of the Future. Vol. IX. Ed. Dave Wolverton. Los Angeles: Bridge Publications, 1993.

(featuring a character from The Winter Prince)

Poem: "Alderley Edge." In Jabberwocky. Ed. Sean Wallace. Prime Books, 2005.









Poem: "Arbor Low." In Jabberwocky 2. Ed. Sean Wallace. Wildside Press, 2006.

Here I Go Again

I'm in the middle of my second reading of BDWR, and it struck me that I would like to say what I'm feeling about it.

Now last year, just about this time I was going bonkers over the first book in the Young Pilots Series, which is Code Name Verity. If you haven't read it, stop what you're doing and go read it. I like advertising it so much because I find the portrayal of friendship so stunning it serves as a great foundation for starting friendships.

And then there is Rose Under Fire. I really don't think I could say anything that sufficiently illustrates how good it is. It sort of leaves me speechless and makes me want to Tell the World about an episode from the war that is important to me. Really, I can't find the words. I'm reading a 768-page history book about the topic, it was so good. There you go. Sometimes, books speak for themselves.

But Black Dove White Raven. It, like Rose, is a bit more about the setting than the story; and I like that about it! I am suddenly interested in Ethiopian culture, when I knew NOTHING about it beforehand. (Well, that's not altogether true... I had read the author's first five books before... four of which are also set in Ethiopia. But that was ancient Ethiopia.) Although it teaches about Ethiopian history, culture and religion, it is also super personal. I feel like I'm a member of the family as the kids struggle and bond together through their stories of early tragedy, growing up in Pennsylvania, and doing the ridiculous by following their mother as she chases down a dream of freedom on the other side of the world. We get to eavesdrop as the two kids take turns telling their story through school lessons, an alternate story-world that they create, and their pilot-under-training notes. We learn that even though they are devastated by the extraordinary circumstances that envelop them, nothing is able to break the strength of their love that crosses all boundaries... cultural, political, or otherwise.

Oh, botheration. Just go read the review from the NY Times. They said it much better.