Marianne Malone is the contributor for this week’s Take Five, a regular series where we ask authors and editors to share five facts about their latest books. Malone is the author of Stealing Magic: A Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventure, available today from your favorite book retailer:
Ruthie and Jack thought that their adventures in the Thorne Rooms were over . . . until miniatures from the rooms start to disappear. Is it the work of the art thief who’s on the loose in Chicago? Or has someone else discovered the secret of the Thorne Rooms’ magic? Ruthie and Jack’s quest to stop the thief takes them from modern day Chicago to 1937 Paris to antebellum South Carolina. But as more items disappear, including the key that allows them to shrink and access the past worlds, what was once just an adventure becomes a life and death race against the clock. Can Ruthie and Jack catch the thief and help the friends they meet on the way before the magic—and the rooms—are destroyed forever? Fans of magic, mystery, and adventure will love this rollicking sequel to Marianne Malone’s The Sixty-Eight Rooms.
Marianne Malone:
1) While I write, I stare out at a preserved prairie and watch an amazing drama unfold, everyday.
2) I love my characters, and have put bits of me into all (or maybe most) of them.
3) Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations played as the background music while I wrote Stealing Magic.
4) People ask me if I believe in magic; I believe in possibilities.
5) I recently discovered that I am related to Mrs. Thorne, the creator of the Thorne Rooms, where my stories take place. More about that later!
