I'm very sad that Eva Ibbotson has passed away. She was a wonderful author of children's books, and I greatly enjoyed discovering her romance novels when they were reprinted. The first one I read was A COMPANY OF SWANS, but I do like them all.
Jenny Rappaport is a writer, a feminist, a baker, a yarn dyer, a knitter, and many other things. Her cat, Zoe, makes frequent blog appearances. She loves books with an abiding passion.