I know that in many retellings and sources she's portrayed as a villain or bad character, the one who is involved in Arthur's doom, so I naturally steer towards stories which show her differently and that was the reason why I bought I Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer. That is what my name means: Morgan the fate, Morgan the magical, Morgan who must be feared.Įver since I became interested in Arthurian legends, I've been fascinated with the character of Morgan le Fay. I hover on the wind, and fate falls out of each slow beat of my wings. "I am Morgan le Fay, and I will never die. In 2007 she surprised her friends and herself by moving with her second husband to an isolated area of the Florida panhandle, where the birdwatching is spectacular and where, when fishing, she occasionally catches an alligator. She spent the next forty-six years in Pennsylvania, raising two children (Jonathan, now 38, and Nora, 34), writing, horseback riding, fishing, and birdwatching. DARK LIE, recently released from NAL, is her first venture into mass-market psychological suspense.īorn in Montclair, New Jersey, Nancy Springer moved with her family to Gettysburg, of Civil War fame, when she was thirteen. I would believe that this tale still holds relevance to readers because of Springer’s ability to make one have empathy for the famous villainess of the Legend of Arthur, and to sate one’s curiosity for the legend itself.Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone, having written that many novels for adults, young adults and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magical realism, horror, and mystery - although she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession.
Luckily, the magical setting of the novel can make the material applicable to contemporary teens from the ages of 13 upwards. One can easily slip into the thrall of the novel’s medieval, fantasy landscape. The novel has lyrical prose that is accentuated even more so with the help of Jenny Sterlin as narrator. Readers follow Morgan’s downward spiral from a fiercely independent girl to a woman who would do anything to protect what she yearns for. The reader follows young Morgan as she comes into her powers and determined to refuse the fate that is bestowed upon her, further binds herself to be fate. Readers should be aware that this novel is a companion to Nancy Springer’s award winning I am Mordred and draws from the Legend of Arthur as inspiration for portraying the villainess of the legend-Morgan Le Fey.
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