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Member Since: May 03, 2010
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Jennifer Heath


Biography

Jennifer Heath is a writer, editor and curator, the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including SuperColón: Admiral of the Ocean Sea, illustrated by Kristine Smock, Black Velvet: The Art We Love to Hate, A House White With Sorrow, On the Edge of Dream: The Women of Celtic Myth and Legend, The Echoing Green: The Garden in Myth and Memory, The Scimitar and The Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam. Her edited anthologies include The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics, Uncontained: Writers and Photographers in the Garden and on the Margins, Primal Picnics: Writers Invent Creation Myths for their Favorite Foods and Land of the Unconquerable: The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women. Her traveling art exhibitions include Black Velvet: The Art We Love to Hate and The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces. www.theveilbook.com.

Where to find Jennifer Heath online

Website: http://www.jenniferheath.com

Books

The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam    by Jennifer Heath
Price: $1.99 USD. 141210 words. Published on April 6, 2013. Nonfiction.
The first popular history and overview of Muslim women and their great accomplishments. It portrays over 50 extraordinary Muslim women from the birth of Islam in the 7th century CE through the 19th century who have played crucial roles in shaping the religion and in scholarship, the arts and much more.
On the Edge of Dream: The Women of Celtic Myth and Legend    by Jennifer Heath
Price: $1.99 USD. 50330 words. Published on July 20, 2011. Fiction.
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Deeply moving, spirited, playful, sexy, soulful tales brought alive for the modern reader from the ancient Celtic world, featuring the powerful, wild and wise women of mythology. Here is a world of timeless magic, earthy, poetic and great storytelling that awakens ancient memories buried deep within our collective unconscious.
A House White With Sorrow: Ballad for Afghanistan    by Jennifer Heath
Price: $1.99 USD. 73340 words. Published on February 23, 2011. Fiction.
In 1979, the Soviet Union blundered into Afghanistan, dragging the country into 30 years of war. A House White with Sorrow is a harrowing, elegiac story that conducts the reader on a tour of life during wartime. A tale of two cultures, two families, Afghan and American, and events that spawned the Taliban and shaped today’s tragic events.
El Repelente (Or, the 2012 Antics of Anabela)    by Jennifer Heath
Price: $1.99 USD. 69510 words. Published on October 11, 2010. Fiction.
A wild, playful romp with shamans, moths, jaguars and ecologists on the eve of 2012. Good battles evil, Nature confronts human nature, and the Fate of the Earth hangs in the balance as the ancient calendar comes to a close.

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