Witch books fans

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I read your Witch Saga some thirty years ago – literally swallowed it holding my breath until the last page was turned. It was such a great pleasure which even became greater a few years ago when my eldest daughter had the same experience. Now, the turn has come to my youngest daughter. Unfortunately, it is impossible to buy the books in Danish anywhere – I only managed to dig up English used copies, so we are waiting impatiently for the reservations through the library. During my search, I see a lot of women like me trying to find the books for their children too. So I just wanted to thank you so much for creating this amazing series which evidently has given so much reading pleasure to many others than myself. With kindest and best regards and greetings from Denmark.

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Ah, yes, the witch books.  Witch’s Sister, the first book in the 6-book series, was the first book I ever sold to Atheneum, which has been my major publisher ever since.  That was 43 years ago, and all six of those books are still in print, now in paperback:  Witch’s Sister, Witch Water,  The Witch Herself, The Witch’s Eye, Witch Weed, and The Witch Returns.  They were so scary that they even creeped me out, especially the scene in which Lynn and Mouse are in her bedroom and hundreds of cats and crows are scratching at the windows.   And there was, or is, a Danish translation published by Forum.  At some point, a television program called Blue Marble bought the movie rights to Witch’s Sister and made a movie that was to show on their children’s program in episodes on Saturday morning.  I watched for two Saturdays, and then a soccer game took its place and I was so disappointed not to see the rest.  A boy wrote to me asking if I had a copy of the movie, and I had to tell him I did not.  Then, years later, the boy, now a young man, wrote to tell me that he had searched and searched until he found that movie (and made a copy of it to send to me).  Naturally, I don’t let it out of my sight and don’t make copies of it, but I’ve shown it to my grandkids and think that the movie was fairly well done and faithful to the first book.  Thanks for writing to me and bringing back old memories.