Beginner's Pluck: Eowyn Ivey

An award-winning journalist in Alaska, Eowyn enjoyed her varied job, but being a reporter was never her passion. So she left, and worked in an independent bookshop; and it was there that she gained the energy and creative spirit to experiment with fiction. She spent five years working on a novel.

“Then I came across a children’s book; a retelling of a Russian fairy tale, and I got a tingly sensation. I abandoned the first novel, and within a year I had the first draft of The Snow Child. The fairy tale gave me a way into the magical element I’d always wanted.”

Who is Eowyn Ivey?