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
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie children, Hester and Billy. She was a step-aunt of Virginia Woolf, who penned an obituary of her in the Times Literary Supplement. She is believed to have inspired the character of Mrs Hilbery in Woolf's "Night and Day". In 1863, Anne Isabella published "The story of Elizabeth" with immediate success. Several works followed: In other writings, she made unusual use of old folk stories to depict modern situations and occurrences, such as "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella" and "Little Red Riding Hood". She also published the following novels: Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, née Thackeray (9 June 1837 –