Sirens is about women in fantasy literature, and what better way to celebrate the achievements of women in fantasy literature than to read, read, read? The following list, which focuses on tales retold, is only a starting point for reading fantasy literature by and about women, but if you're looking for outstanding books or something to share with other attendees, we suggest you start here.

Most of our staff have read extensively from this list, and many of our attendees will have as well. Some were chosen for their influence, some for their controversy, and some simply because they're a great read! To discuss these books, we invite you to visit our Goodreads group. To purchase these books, please consider using the links below, which will take you to the website of the Tattered Cover, an independent Denver bookseller; if you use those links and then purchase books or other items, Sirens will receive a referral fee from the Tattered Cover.

Guests of Honor - Additional Authors

2012 Sirens Guests of Honor

• Brothers and Beasts: An Anthology of Men on Fairy Tales (with Maria Tatar)
• The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold
• The Complete Tales of Lucy Gold
• The Complete Tales of Merry Gold
• The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum (with Nicoletta Ceccoli)
• Horse, Flower, Bird (with Rikki Ducornet)
• The Lonely Book (with Chris Sheban) (upcoming)
• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (editor)
• My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales (editor)

• Brown Girl in the Ring
• The Chaos (upcoming)
• Midnight Robber
• Mojo: Conjure Stories (editor)
• The New Moon's Arms
• The Salt Roads
• Skin Folk
• So Long Been Dreaming (editor)
• Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction (editor)
• Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction (editor)

• Ash
• Huntress

Guests of Honor - Additional Authors

Additional Authors

Guests of Honor - Additional Authors