Winning the Game of Thrones: The Host of Characters and their Agendas
Valerie Estelle Frankel has won a Dream Realm Award, an Indie Excellence Award, and a USA Book News National Best Book Award for her Henry Potty parodies, featured in US News and World Report, radio and podcast shows, and Potter fan sites from Turkey to Sweden. Once a lecturer at San Jose State University, she’s a frequent speaker on fantasy, myth, pop culture, and the heroine’s journey and can be found at http://vefrankel.com. She’s also the author of many nonfiction books on pop culture:  Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey, From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine’s Journey in Myth and Legend, Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in The Hunger Games, The Many Faces of Katniss Everdeen: Exploring the Heroine of The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Still Recruiting: An Inner Look at Harry Potter Fandom, Teaching with Harry Potter, Myths and Motifs in The Mortal Instruments, and Winter is Coming: Symbols, Portents, and Hidden Meanings in A Game of Thrones.