Naomi Wood was born and raised in Congo (formerly Zaire). After years of feeling apologetic about her taste in books, she suddenly has been caught up in the popular-culture vanguard, which astonishes her. She teaches children’s and adolescent literature and Victorian studies at Kansas State University, where she is an associate professor of English. She has published articles on a range of fantasy and magic realist authors including George MacDonald, Lucy Lane Clifford, Charles Kingsley, C. S. Lewis, Philip Pullman, Virginia Hamilton and others.
Description
This is one essay from the anthology Navigating the Golden Compass
The His Dark Materials series is an unusual sort of young adult series: one that appeals to adults as much as if not more than to their children, thanks to its richly imagined world and unflinching exploration of life’s greatest questions.
This anthology includes essays ranging from what Dust has in common with drugs to the position of children in contrast to other YA series, to what His Dark Materials has to say about the scientific and religious practices of our modern era.
Contributors Include:
- Michael Chabon
- Don DeBrandt
- Kim Dolgin
- Natasha Giardina
- Richard Harland
- Dave Hodgson
- Kay Kenyon
- Justin Leiber
- Arthur B. Markman
- Gregory Maguire
- Robert A. Metzger
- Daniel P. Moloney
- Jean Rabe
- Karen Traviss
- Harry Turtledove
- Naomi J. Wood
- Sarah Zettel
About the Author
Glenn Yeffeth is the editor of several anthologies in the Smart Pop series, including The Anthology at the End of the Universe, Farscape Forever!, Five Seasons of Angel, Navigating the Golden Compass, Seven Seasons of Buffy, Taking the Red Pill and What Would Sipowitz Do? He lives in Dallas.