The Book of Dreams (68 page)

Authors: O.R. Melling

Quotes from the
I Ching
or
Book of Changes
are taken from the Richard Wilhelm translation rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes (Penguin Arkana).

Lyrics from
“Vive la Canadienne!”
and “She’s Like the Swallow” are found in
The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs
compiled by Edith Fowke (Penguin Books, 1973).

Any songs or poems not acknowledged above were written by the author.

O.R. Melling was born in Ireland and grew up in Toronto with her seven sisters and two brothers. At eighteen, she hitchhiked across Canada to California, seeking adventure. A year later, she was off to Malaysia and Borneo on a youth exchange program. That set her motto for life, “to travel hopefully.” She has a B.A. in Philosophy and Celtic Studies and an M.A. in Medieval Irish History. To date, her books have been translated into Japanese, German, Chinese, Russian, Czech, and Slovenian. She lives in her hometown of Bray in Ireland with her teenage daughter, Findabhair. Visit her Web site at
www.ormelling.com
.

The print version of this book was designed by Maria T. Middleton and Jay Colvin and art directed by Chad W. Beckerman. It is set in Horley Old Style MT, a Monotype font designed by the English type designer Robert Norton. The chapter heads are set in Mason, which was created by Jonathan Barnbrook based on ancient Greek and Roman stone carvings.

O.R. Melling
was born in Ireland and grew up in Toronto with seven sisters and two brothers. At age eighteen, she hitchhiked across Canada to California, seeking adventure. A year later, she was off to Malaysia and Borneo on a youth exchange program. That set her motto for life: “to travel hopefully.“ She has a B.A. in Philosophy and Celtic Studies and an M.A. in Medieval Irish History. To date, her books have been translated into Japanese, German, Chinese, Russian, Czech, and Slovenian. She lives in her hometown of Bray, in Ireland, with her daughter, Findabhair. Visit O.R. Melling at
www.ormelling.com
.

Jacket design by Chad W. Beckerman and Becky Terhune

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