Dor Atkinson
middle grade and young adult fantasy author
 

When I was a kid, if anybody came knocking on my door, I would yell: "I'm doing a story!"

 

Today, while chasing after my 9-year-old actor and blooming writer, I'm a college educator, theatre director, and writer of young adult and middle grade fantasy.

 

My stories feature:

 

Misfit young folk (usually artists) coming into their power with help from their friends;

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Young people in fantastical worlds digging for the truth about their families;

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Journeys into deadly darkness (with a lot of wit + snark);

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Wings and circuses and smiling villains;

Friends to enemies to friends;

Quirky, surreal settings a la Miyazaki;

 

Underdogs confronting tyrants and lighting the fuse of revolution.

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Some of my completed MG fantasies include:

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JAREN SILVERWING AND THE FORBIDDEN SPELL, a fresh spin on Scottish fairy lore, in which an outlaw fairy actor hunts the pieces of an enchanted mask to find his parents and free his people from a terrible spell. (Skyborn x Avatar TLA)

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THE ORACLE LINE, a re-imagining of the Prometheus myth in the Dust Bowl, when an outcast 12-year-old musician leaps aboard a magical train to rescue his Titan folk singer uncle from the wrath of Zeus.

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EVIE AND THE BOY FROM THE SEA in which a lonely girl rescues a merboy and plunges into his world to help him face seven deadly trials and unlock her own magic . (Nevermoor x Luca)

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Thank you for visiting my site!

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