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Mira Bartok

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in Chicago, The United States

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Biographies & Memoirs, Middle Grade, Children's Books

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Shaun Tan, Peter Sis, speculative fiction, nature writing, historical ...more

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Mira Bartok is the author and illustrator of The Wonderling (2017), a middle grade fantasy series published by Candlewick Press and soon to be feature film. Her 2011 New York Times bestselling memoir, The Memory Palace, won the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, and her books have been translated into many languages across the globe.. She is also the author of over 32 books for children. You can listen to Mira interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/11/1327433... ...more

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Hello! I am curious to know if you're going to resume writing the Wonderling. Arthur and his friends are very endearing characters and I was wondering if you were going to continue to write about his adventures. Do you think that another book is in the works?

Mira Bartok Hi Grace! Thanks for your question. The answer is YES! I am working now on book 2, revising my first draft. After that will come sketches and final ar…moreHi Grace! Thanks for your question. The answer is YES! I am working now on book 2, revising my first draft. After that will come sketches and final art. The book will come out in 2023 because of: 1. covid causing delays in publishing and 2. I had a brain injury (my third) in 2018 and it took a while for me to write again. But I'm back on the saddle and book two is clipping along now! It will be called The Wonderling: Singing Tree, and all the old characters are there along with a couple new ones, AND a magical island! (less)

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Hi! Thank you so much for Writting this book!! I have the audio recording of it and I listen to it all the time. Every time I`ve listened to it I`ve felt so thankful that we have great writters like you! Also will the Wonderling become a movie? I am also so exited to hear you are writting a second Wonderling book!!!! Do you draw all your own art thats in the book?? Thank you agian for wrighting this amazing book!

Mira Bartok Hi Cassidy! I'm SO sorry for the delay in responding. I am rarely on Goodreads these days.
I'm glad you like the audiobook. I know the narrator and he…moreHi Cassidy! I'm SO sorry for the delay in responding. I am rarely on Goodreads these days.
I'm glad you like the audiobook. I know the narrator and he's fantastic. And yes, I AM writing the second Wonderling book. It will be out next year. It's in the final editing process and I am also in the middle of working on the illustrations. I did all the art for book one too. The movie is in limbo. Right now, Disney has it sitting on a shelf somewhere. :-) But hopefully they'll start moving on it once book 2 comes out. Some movies take a long, long time! Thanks for writing! Mira(less)

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	The Memory Palace 3.54 avg rating — 8,053 ratings — published 2011 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wonderling 3.84 avg rating — 1,962 ratings — published 2017 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alaskan Eskimos and Aleuts by Mira Bartok (Goodreads Author), Christine Ronan 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northwest Coast Indians by Mira Bartok (Goodreads Author), Christine Ronan 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stencils: Pueblo Indians of the Southwest by Mira Bartok (Goodreads Author), Christine Ronan 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Celts by Mira Bartok (Goodreads Author), Christine Ronan 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Southeastern Indians/Includes Stencils (Ancient and Living Cultures Series) by Mira Bartok (Goodreads Author), Christine Ronan it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stencils: Ancient Mexico by Mira Bartok (Goodreads Author), Christine Ronan liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ancient and Living Cultures Stencil Set 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[ Set of 2 Books ] NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS STENCILS [ Ancient and Living Cultures ] / NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS [ Big World Read Along ] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Great things happening: Terry Gross re-broadcast today and more!

Hi everyone—sorry I don’t post much. I’m trying to write a new book! Anyway, here is a list of some lovely things happening now and in the future:

My January 2011 interview on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross will be re-broadcast today, June 1st. Check your local affiliate station for the time of the show.

A lovely interview just came out on Canada’s Book Club Buddy site: http://www.bookclubbuddy.co

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“He [Nicolaus Steno] told the audience, "Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend.”
― Mira Bartok, The Memory Palace

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“We children of schizophrenics are the great secret keepers, the ones who don't want you to think that anything is wrong.”
― Mira Bartok, The Memory Palace

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“Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister insisted once, when she was in severe pain after injuring her ankle, 'This isn't me! This is not who I am!”
― Mira Bartok, The Memory Palace

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“The world, this palpable world, which we were wont to treat with the boredom and disrespect with which we habitually regard places with no sacred association for us, is in truth a holy place, and we did not know it. Venite, adoremus.”
― Teilhard de Chardin

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