My Other Nonfiction Work

The Dangerous Worlds of Pullman's His Dark Materials, by Cinda Williams Chima, in The World of the Golden Compass, The Otherworldly Ride Continues, Edited by Scott Westerfield, developed for Borders by BenBella Books, Inc., 2007.

This is an anthology of 20 essays about Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. In my essay, I suggest that the alternate worlds of fiction are different for every reader--that story is a partnership between authors and readers, who must assume some responsibility for the worlds they help create.

The book is a Borders exclusive. You can't find it on line - you will have to visit a Borders store to buy a copy.

The Art of Living, by Cinda Williams Chima, in A Cup of Comfort for Courage, edited by Coleen Sell. Adams Media, Avon, MA, 2004, pp. 149-155.

Here is an excerpt from “The Art of Living”
My mother-in-law, Jean, died on New Year’s Eve. Had it been up to her, I suspect she would have chosen otherwise.

Each First Night, for years, she and my father-in-law, George, had celebrated with a circle of friends called the “Bridge Club” that dated back to college days. In recent years, however, Jean had teasingly suggested that she was going to find some new and younger friends.

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An American Christmas Story, by Cinda Williams Chima, in A Cup of Comfort for Christmas, edited by Coleen Sell. Adams Media, Avon, MA, 2003, pp. 292-297.

Here is an excerpt from “An American Christmas Story”
This is our Christmas story, part of the spoken history of our family. It is an urban tale, a little brassy and rough around the edges. Maybe some grandmothers live over the river and through the woods, but mine did not. Perhaps yours didn’t, either.

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