Carmilla - Softcover

Fiza Pathan was born in Mumbai, India. She finished her high school education from Bombay Scottish School, a reputed ICSE School in Mumbai. She then attended St. Andrews College to pursue her B.A. degree in History and Sociology, and graduated with a first class. A trained teacher, she graduated with a first class from the St. Theresa's Institute of Education, Santa Cruz, her special subjects being History and English. Her award-winning book CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them demonstrates, how reading of classics will help develop the moral values, imagination, and writing abilities of children. It includes various techniques which can be used in classrooms as well as at home. This book, and many other to follow, is her endeavor to make the rare classic literature available to children in the age group 8 to 12. Her fellow author, Michaelangelo Zane, is equally passionate about education, good literature, classics and its myriad benefits. They both believe that “There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.” —Oscar Wide, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Fiza has written ten award-winning books and a short story “Flesh of Flesh,” which reflect her interest in furthering the cause of education and in championing social issues. She has placed in over 50 literary awards either as winner or finalist, chief among them being: Readers’ Favorite Book Awards; Reader Views Literary Awards; Eric Hoffer Book Award; Foreword Reviews Indie Fab Book Awards; Mom’s Choice Award; Literary Classics Book Awards and Dan Poynter’s Global EBook Awards. She lives with her maternal family, and writes novels and short stories which include almost all genres. You may follow her on Twitter @FizaPathan and subscribe to her blog http://insaneowl.wordpress.com/feed/

"An excellent re-telling of the classic gothic novella. Wonderfully illustrated too." -The Wishing Shelf Book Awards