Girls Made of Snow and Glass
Standalone debut novel and a feminist reimagining of Snow White.
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Melissa Bashardoust Books in Order
Melissa Bashardoust is a young adult fantasy author whose novels reimagine fairy tales through feminist, queer, and culturally distinctive perspectives. Her work draws on fairy-tale traditions, Persian mythology, and questions of identity, agency, and family. She studied English at the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Southern California.
young adult fantasyfairy-tale retellingsqueer fiction
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Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Standalone Persian-inspired fantasy about identity, queerness, and self-acceptance.
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Novels (2)
- Girls Made of Snow and Glass
novel · 2017
"Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone--has never beat…
- Girl, Serpent, Thorn
novel · 2020
There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story. As the day of…