Virginia Commonwealth University. Pedersen’s fiction has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, and New Stories from the South, and has been shortlisted for a Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories. Her short story “Crocodile” won the 2020 Masters Review Flash Fiction Contest.
Pedersen's new novel is The Crocodile Bride.
At Electric Lit she tagged eight of her favorite magical novels by women writers, including:
The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyRead about another entry on the list.
Ivey’s first novel is a fairy tale about the arrival of a mysterious little girl at the homestead of a lonely, middle-aged couple in Alaska. The story is compelling and moving, the writing gorgeous, and the ending is perfect. I love the way Ivey explores not only the way Faina’s magical appearance enhances Mabel and Jack’s lives, but the way her presence invites them to discover wonder in the ordinary: in friendships, and in passing seasons.
The Snow Child is among M. A. Kuzniar's eight retellings with a bite of darkness.
--Marshal Zeringue
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