eCREATIVE
Gryphons and Werewolves
and Fairies, Oh My!
Y
ou might say that The Bluebird
Prince, popular Atlanta playwright
and author Evan Guilford-Blake’s
newest work, has at least three
lives. The concept has been a musical and a
play produced in February 2013 by the East
play to a novel for middle graders
and their parents. The final draft
was completed in mid-2015 and on
April 8, 2016, The Bluebird Prince
will be released through Rooster
and Pig, a small publishing house in
Independent,
beautiful,
female
characters
dominate this
adventure.
(Above: The Bluebird Prince book cover and author Evan Guilford-Blake)
Valley Children’s Theatre of Mesa Arizona
and published by Pioneer Drama Services, a
leading publisher of youth plays in the
United States.
Recognizing the booming market for middle
grade readers, Guilford-Blake converted the
New York State named for the
Chinese zodiac signs of its original
founders.
Readers will find this is a different
kind of fairy tale in many ways. Set
in the faraway land of Elgaria, the