Laura Amy Schlitz has spent most of her life working as a librarian and professional storyteller.
I was particularly conscious of showing a variety of settings that would give the reader the full scope of his exotic travels..
He says, I did not want to make Herr Schliemann too serious
I tried to show a sense of humor, adventure, curiosity, courage, and even pomposity.
He is the author-illustrator of many books for children, including Leonardo , Beautiful Dreamer , winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction
Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife; and most recently, The Hero and the Minotaur: The Fantastic Adventures of Theseus .
Robert Byrd is currently teaching children\'s book illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
At that point, I was really hooked, because I\'ve always been attracted to people who survive by their imagination.
My romantic Hero was a mythmaker and a liar.
Then I read more, and discovered that some of it wasn\'t true. and it was all true. . .
What a story! Shipwrecks and poverty and wealth and strokes of fantastic life and a Great Love and buried treasure .
She says, When I began researching Schliemann\'s life, I found that he was even more remarkable than I had previously suspected.
She has also been a playwright, a costumer, and an actress, and her plays for young people have been produced in professional theaters all over the country.
Laura Amy Schlitz has spent most of her life working as a librarian and professional storyteller
