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Isobel Bird (a penname) was born in 1969. She was raised Jewish and discovered Wicca in college. A few years later, she began to study Paganism seriously.
She began writing as a teenager. Though teachers encouraged her to become a writer, she did not really consider it until after college. She decided to write Circle of Three to show young adults how Wicca is actually practiced. She calls the series "a guided tour of life in Wicca" and she hopes that the books will help readers find their own paths and strengths. She often calls on the Celtic goddess Brigid for inspiration when writing.
Isobel's first published story, "The Butch's New Clothes", appeared in the 1996 anthology Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales for Women. It was chosen for inclusion in The Best American Erotica 1997, edited by noted 'sexpert' Susie Bright. In 2007, she published a horror story, "Ever After", in the YA anthology 666: Number Of The Beast
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Isobel's true identity is Michael Thomas Ford. Ford is a prolific gay writer whose work includes editing Once Upon a Time and the non-fiction book The Path Of The Green Man: Gay Men, Wicca and Living a Magical Life, in which he revealed his authorship of Circle of Three. He used the name Isobel Bird because at the time, he was keeping his young adult writing separate from his adult writing; the name is in honor of writer Isabelle Holland, who was a professor of his in college. His newest YA novel, Suicide Notes, was released under his real name. Coming up is Jane Bites Back, a take on both the Jane Austen and vampire crazes, in which Jane Austen is revealed to be an immortal vampire with writer's block, and decides to get revenge on everyone who has cashed in on her work in the modern day. He has said that the Circle of Three series are among his favorites of everything that he has written.
She began writing as a teenager. Though teachers encouraged her to become a writer, she did not really consider it until after college. She decided to write Circle of Three to show young adults how Wicca is actually practiced. She calls the series "a guided tour of life in Wicca" and she hopes that the books will help readers find their own paths and strengths. She often calls on the Celtic goddess Brigid for inspiration when writing.
Isobel's first published story, "The Butch's New Clothes", appeared in the 1996 anthology Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales for Women. It was chosen for inclusion in The Best American Erotica 1997, edited by noted 'sexpert' Susie Bright. In 2007, she published a horror story, "Ever After", in the YA anthology 666: Number Of The Beast
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Isobel's true identity is Michael Thomas Ford. Ford is a prolific gay writer whose work includes editing Once Upon a Time and the non-fiction book The Path Of The Green Man: Gay Men, Wicca and Living a Magical Life, in which he revealed his authorship of Circle of Three. He used the name Isobel Bird because at the time, he was keeping his young adult writing separate from his adult writing; the name is in honor of writer Isabelle Holland, who was a professor of his in college. His newest YA novel, Suicide Notes, was released under his real name. Coming up is Jane Bites Back, a take on both the Jane Austen and vampire crazes, in which Jane Austen is revealed to be an immortal vampire with writer's block, and decides to get revenge on everyone who has cashed in on her work in the modern day. He has said that the Circle of Three series are among his favorites of everything that he has written.
