Her tasks to sew three magical dresses of the sun, moon, and stars lead her on an adventure of danger and romance.Īs you can see with the top shelf, I experimented briefly with organizing my books by color, but I gave up on the rest of my shelves. Hence, my very happy and relieved smile! Loosely inspired by Chinese folktale and the Silk Road’s historical setting, Spin the Dawn is about a young seamstress who must disguise herself as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor. So I’m TERRIBLE with selfies, and after several attempts to get one of me with my book (most ended up with it covering my face since I couldn’t get everything in the frame nicely), I asked my husband to help me out. I do 99% of my work inside my “cave” or so I call it, so I thought it’d be nice to bring my words outside for my shot with Spin the Dawn. Elizabeth Lim’s Selfie with Spin the Dawn She grew up mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. Raised on a hearty diet of fairy tales, myths, and songs, Elizabeth was a professional film and video game composer before becoming an author and studied music at Harvard College and the Juilliard School. The Children’s Book Review | August 21, 2019Įlizabeth Lim is the author of Spin the Dawn(out 7.9.19 with Knopf BFYR) and Reflection: A Twisted Tale(Disney Press).
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