YHWH: Ancient Stories Retold set for Spring 2010 release
Nashville, TN – January 6, 2010 – American playwright, Paula K. Parker and New York Times Best-Selling British author, G.P. Taylor have joined forces with British publisher, Authentic Media, to produce a two-volume set of Ancient Stories Retold. Crafted for members of the Harry Potter generation, each volume will contain 20 adventurous stories set in ancient times but with themes of love, deceit, betrayal, and ultimately redemption that will resonate with contemporary readers.
“Who doesn’t love to get caught up in a great yarn that thrusts you into a strange and exotic land peopled by larger than life characters,” Ms. Parker mused. “There is a reason these stories have endured for millennia upon millennia. It is our fondest hope that this new generation will latch on to them and perhaps experience them in a fresh light.”
Paula K. Parker is a well respected U.S. based journalist, author and entertainment writer with more than 1000 published article to her credit. She is best known for her original stage play, Bloodlines, and her hugely successful stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice.
“We hope to introduce children and young people to ancient stories they may not have heard of before,” says Taylor. “Much of our culture emanates from these stories, yet if you mention a David and Goliath struggle between two football teams a lot of children have no idea what you are talking about. YHWH: The Flood, The Fish and The Giant – Ancient Stories Retold will help them understand a whole genre of literature they may have overlooked.”
New York Times best-selling writer, G.P.Taylor first topped the charts in the United Kingdom with his stunning supernatural thriller, Shadowmancer. The novel remained atop the UK charts for a record 15 weeks and has been translated into 43 languages. Universal Pictures acquired the film rights to Shadowmancer for a reported seven figure sum. Taylor’s popular works include Wormwood, Tersias, The Curse of Salamander Street, Mariah Mundi and The Dopple Ganger Chronicles.
YHWH: The Flood, The Fish and The Giant, Volume One of Ancient Stories Retold, is expected to release in late Spring of 2010.
For more information about Paula K. Parker visit http://www.wordcrafts.net
For more information about G.P. Taylor visit http://www.gptaylor.info
For more information about Authentic Media visit http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk