Essays on writers & writing:

• Hans Christian Andersen: Father of the Modern Fairy Tale
• J.M. Barrie and Peter Pan
• Sir Francis Child and the Child Ballads: Part I
• Sir Francis Child and the Child Ballads: Part II
• Jane Yolen: The Everyday-ness of Writing
• Charles de Lint: A Life of Stories
• Following the White Deer:  On Myth & Writing

Essays on stories, books, & reading:

• Transformations: A Fairy Tale Memoir
• The Stories We Need
• On Loss and Transfiguration
• In Praise of Re-Reading
• Stones in My Pocket: On Grief, Change, and Myths of Death & Rebirth

Essays on art & artists:

• East of the Sun, West of the Moon: The Art of Kay Nielsen
• Fantasy and the Pre-Raphaelites
• The Realm of Faerie: Brian & Wendy Froud
• Middle Earth & Moor: Alan Lee
• Painting as Soul Work: Marja Lee Kruÿt
• Mythic Landscapes: Virginia Lee
• Telling Stories: Iain McCaig
• The Path of Breadcrumbs & Stones: Jeanie Tomanek
• Fateful Women: Jacqueline Morreau
• Golden Apples of the Sun: Kinuko Y. Craft (forthcoming)
• Silver Apples of the Moon: Charles Vess (forthcoming)
• The Art of the Book: Thomas Canty (forthcoming)

Selected Myth & Moor posts on writers, artists, & others:

• Henwives, Spinsters, & Lolly Willows by Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978)
• Anais Nin (1903-1977) & Henry Miller (1891-1980) on Writing
• Elizabeth Goudge in Devon (1900-1984): Part I and Part II
• Time Travelling on the Devon Coast: Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
• Carolyn Heibrun and the Narrative of Marriage
• Where the Wild Things Are:  Sylvia Lindsteadt & Charles Vess
• Queen of the Sky: One Hawk's Story by Jackie Morris
• Inspiring Women: Phoebe Traquair (1852-1936) & Jane Yolen
• Inspiring Women: Barbara Bodichon, Pe-Raphaelite Rebel (1827-1891)
• Inspiring Women: Gwen John (1876-1939)
• Inspiring Women: Jessie M. King (1875-1949)
• Inspiring Women: Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
• Symbol, Allegory & Dream: The Art of Florence Susan Harrison (1878-1955)
• Fairy Tales Then & Now, with art by Marianne Stokes (1855-1927)
• Threads and Stories, with art by Helen Stratton (1867-1961)
• The Hunger for Narrative, with art by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)
• A Trail of Stories, with art by Charles Folkard (1878-1963)
• Fairy Tales & Youngest Sons, with art by Milo Winter (1888-1956)
• Fairy Tales & Youngest Sons, with art by Howard Pyle (1853-1911)
• Moon Stories, with art by Remedios Varo (1908-1963)
• Mary Moments: The Art of Mary Newcomb (1922-2008)
• The Language of Imagination: The Art of Meinrad Craighead
• Paying Attention: The Art of Holly Roberts
• That's the Way to Do It: Dame Judy & Mister Punch

Also, see the Recommended Art category of posts for a wide
variety of magical artworks, old and new.

The paintings above are "Beauty and the Beast" by Charles Robinson (1870-1937), "The White Deer" by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900-1931), and a detail from an illustration for "Thumbelina" by Charles Robinson's brother: William Heath Robinson (1872-1944). The drawings on the right are by H.J. Ford (1860-1941) and Florence Susan Harrison (1878-1955).