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"You've all heard the tale. Young princess has an evil Queen of a stepmother. Young princess is truly beautiful, the fairest of them all. Evil Queen gets jealous. She wants her out of the picture. Etc, etc, etc. The story is all wrong. Or at least, most of it is wrong. Like all stories, it's been told over and over again, far and wide. And of course, the details change. They're lost in translation. This is what really happened." Emily and the Seven Dwarfs is a postmodern retelling of Snow White in an approach similar to Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber. Darker than the Disneyisation, Emily…mehr

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"You've all heard the tale. Young princess has an evil Queen of a stepmother. Young princess is truly beautiful, the fairest of them all. Evil Queen gets jealous. She wants her out of the picture. Etc, etc, etc. The story is all wrong. Or at least, most of it is wrong. Like all stories, it's been told over and over again, far and wide. And of course, the details change. They're lost in translation. This is what really happened." Emily and the Seven Dwarfs is a postmodern retelling of Snow White in an approach similar to Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber. Darker than the Disneyisation, Emily and the Seven Dwarfs explores the original tale steeped in the lore created through all the different versions of Snow White to create this, the ultimate version.
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Christopher Francis was born in Brisbane, Australia, on June 21, 1974. At 19, he was accepted into the Animation program at Sheridan College, and then graduated with a degree in Sociology from McMaster University. Following a two year adventure overseas working with children, Christopher completed a Bachelor of Education at York University. He is now teaching junior level students in Burlington, Ontario. Through Christopher's experience working with children, he found writing and illustrating to be one of his passions. Currently working on a middle-grade series, Christopher has recently completed the first four books entitled: Solving Damian Dermite, Respecting Mr. Ravi , Remembering Kaylee Cooper and Alex was Here. Recently, Remembering Kaylee Cooper, has been published by Curiosity Quills Press Publishing House. In addition, Christopher has completed a Paranormal Teen Fiction novel, titled, Stoneway, and recently finished the Teen Fiction Sci-Fi, titled, They Came from the Trees, based on a short story called, That Thing in the Sky. He has also created eight primary leveled books called How to sneak your Monster into School, Mr. Pancake Turkey, I Don't Want to go to Sleep! It's Up to You, How Mr. Monster Biggens Changed My Life, There's and Ogre-Beast in the Playground, Bigger than Alexander and The Whispering Tree. Additionally, Christopher has illustrated children's novels for several independent authors and publishing companies including Kids4kids.com, The Hamilton Spectator, BrendanKelly Publishing, Highview Press.com and Trimatrix. Most recently, They all can be viewed on francisart.com.