James Riley (writer) from Los Angeles, California to Alexandria, Virginia. James Riley's first published novel, "Half Upon a Time", was released on September 7, 2010. It is a fantasy novel centered around a boy named Jack, the fictional son of the main character from the children's story "Jack and the Beanstalk", and a girl named May who is from our nonfictional world. The novel incorporates plot points from various Brothers Grimm fairy tales, including "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White". This is Riley's first story centered around the idea that the fictional and nonfictional worlds are connected, a common theme
Winter (Meyer novel) inserting "just enough veiled references to the original stories to spur intellectual and emotional connections." Winter (Meyer novel) Winter is a 2015 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the fourth and final book in "The Lunar Chronicles" series and the sequel to "Cress". The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of "Snow White", similar to its predecessors "Cinder", "Scarlet" and "Cress" which were loosely based on "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Rapunzel" respectively. It was a "USA Today" and