LULI GRAY
 Luli Gray |
Luli Gray is an award-winning author of six young adult books. Born in Argentina, she grew up in a bilingual family of readers, writers and talkers. She has lived in South America, Europe and New York City.
FALCON'S DRAGON - A Magical Fantasy by Luli Gray was published by Stay Thirsty Press as a digital eBook on July 30, 2011. It is a story of mystery and magic, of dragonsbreath and enchanted gardens as a girl named Falcon and the dragon she named Egg learn about life, family and the magical world of dragons.
Luli Gray’s first book, Falcon’s Egg, (now Book 1 of FALCON’S DRAGON), received many awards and commendations, including:
- American Library Association - Notable Children’s Book for 1996
- School Library Journal - Best Book of 1995
- New York Public Library - “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”
- Publishers Weekly - “Flying Start” (December 18, 1995)
- Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Recommended (October 1995)
Over the years, Luli Gray’s stories of mystery and magic have earned outstanding praise from leading trade, educational and library publications and organization:
"...a story that dances along the boundaries between fantasy and reality..."
- New York Public Library's Central Children's Room
"A wonderfully beguiling story of a Manhattan sixth grader who finds something unusual in Central Park."
- Kirkus Reviews
"...Gray has succeeded in expertly capturing the wonderment of dragons with the very real confusion of growing up..."
- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Artfully braiding together real life and fantasy...imaginative and meaningful..."
- Publishers Weekly
"Gray has created a magical fantasyland of such realism..."
- Booklist
"A compelling rite-of-passage tale..."
- School Library Journal
To complement the digital eBook publication of FALCON’S DRAGON, an original song entitled, FALCON’S DRAGON, was commissioned and digitally released by Stay Thirsty Media; an online apparel and merchandise store was launched to enhance the experience of living the FALCON’S DRAGON lifestyle; and, a FALCON’S DRAGON social media site was created to help fans of Falcon and Egg spread the word around the world.
Luli Gray currently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she says, "the possibility of wonder is just around the next corner."
Link:
Thirsty : 2012 March : Becoming Pooh
Stay Thirsty : 2011 August Feature : FOR KIDS WHO LIKE DRAGONS, WITCHES AND MAGIC