Witch Saga, original Gail Owens Illustrations

Comment:

Hi there, it may be a stretch to reach out via your website, but I figure it is worth a shot. As a child, I read and became enthralled with the Witch Saga. My elementary school library had the books and I would constantly check them out. I had and still do have an affinity for the magical and macabre. I believe Ray Bradbury’s stories were my next love after your books. I recently have set out to find copies of the exact books that were in my childhood library. The books were published by Atheneum and had beautiful blue and purple illustrations by Gail Owens. I have looked high and low for the rest of the series in this style, but so far have only been able to find copies of Witch’s Sister and The Witch Returns. Are these the only titles that were published with this cover style or are the rest just very rare? If the other titles in the Saga were published in this style and you know where I can find them, I would be forever grateful. Thank you for your wonderful work. Take care.

Phyllis replied:

I’m glad you liked those books so much.  That series was a lot of fun to write.  The first three books were published by Atheneum.  Then Delacorte got interested in the series and published the last three–The Witch’s Eye, Witch Weed, and The Witch Returns.  Their illustrator was Joe Burleson, but the covers are very similar to Gail Owens’ work–purples and blues and greens.  See if you can’t find them in used book stores or those specializing in rare books.