Author Description

Hugo Award-winning author Joan Vinge introduces the major Greek gods and goddesses and retells 14 favorite myths with wit and style. This sophisticated but accessible collection is filled with stunning paintings and rich details by Oren Sherman that evoke the mystery and majesty of ancient Greece. Perfect for readers of all ages, The Random House Book of Greek Myths belongs in every family's library. Joan Vinge won the Hugo Award for her novel The Snow Queen, and again for her novelette Eves of Amber. The author of numerous other science fiction novels, she has a degree in anthropology from San Diego State University and lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and two children. Oren Sherman is a nationally acclaimed artist and illustrator working in the tradition of the great American poster artists of the 1920s and 1940s. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he makes his first foray into illustrating books for young people with this book. Oren Sherman works in Boston's Fenway Studios and divides his time between Boston and Cape Cod.