Dr. Mette Ivie Harrison is a competitive triathlete. In her spare time, she likes to try out new vegan recipes, crochet, knit, quilt, draw, and play the piano badly. She loves Brian Kershisnik’s art, black-and-white illustration as in The Arrival by Shaun Tan, graphic novels, chocolate, and Jane Austen everything. She has 10 siblings and 5 children. Read excerpts of her books at 
Mira, Mirror by Mette Ivie Harrison
Everyone knows the story of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” but Mettie Ivie Harrison has something more to say, not just about the Evil Queen, but also her magic mirror. In recent years it has been rather vogue to take a traditional fairytale and put a new spin on it (usually by retelling it through the eyes of the antagonist), but Mira, Mirror not only acts as a sequel to “Snow White,” but also provides a new point-of-view in the form of the Queen’s mirror.
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