Spring is just around the corner, and that means there are a lot of exciting new books on the horizon.
Today we’re revealing the cover for L. B. Lillibridge’s new fantasy novel, featuring a gender nonbinary protagonist and lesbian side characters, Dragon Brothers offers a voice of inclusivity for children everywhere. This story holds a special place in my heart as it was inspired by my 2018 Winterviews series where author Alon Shalev talked about writing fantasy stories with his sons to forge a stronger relationship. That interview sparked L. B. Lillibridge’s journey to write a fantasy story with her own two boys, so I’m ecstatic today to introduce the world to Dragon Brothers.
Rhinen and his older brother, Laeb, were both born with dragon wings, assuring their eventual place on the throne. But the inequality between the magic-born Shaynen and the non-magic Klor has sparked a rebellion, and Rhinen’s easy life of glass blowing and swordplay takes a sudden change when he is kidnapped by a group of rebels intent on bringing justice to the Klor people. In captivity, Rhinen meets Haia, a young dragon-girl and learns that some of the Klor—who are denied education and live as second-class citizens—can, in fact, do magic.
Rhinen and Haia escape, but the realm is in chaos as the old dragon kings are reluctant to recognize the Klor as deserving of basic rights, and the Klor are no longer willing to wait for justice. Intent on proving that all people have value if not actual magic, it is up to the dragon brothers and their friends to find a way for both sides to coexist before more people are hurt.
And now without further ado, the gorgeous cover for Dragon Brothers:
For all you readers and book bloggers out there, here’s some information about the book and where you can pre-order it. This amazing dragon adventure hits shelves May 26th, 2020!
She is the author of two memoirs, Mama, Mama, Only Mama: An Irreverent Guide for the Newly Single Parent—from Divorce and Dating to Cooking and Crafting, All While Raising the Kids and Maintaining Your Own Sanity (Sort Of) and Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist.
Lara co-edited an anthology with Andrea Fekete entitled Feminine Rising: Voices of Power and Invisibility (Cynren Press, 2019).
Lara Lillibridge is a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College’s MFA program in Creative Nonfiction. In 2016 she won Slippery Elm Literary Journal’s Prose Contest, and The American Literary Review’s Contest in Nonfiction. She also was a finalist in both Black Warrior Review’s Nonfiction Contest and DisQuiet’s Literary Prize in Creative Nonfiction.
She is a member of the reading panel for Hippocampus Magazine and was awarded their Literary Citizen of the Year for 2019. Lara judged AWP’s Intro Journals Project for 2019 and was recently selected as a mentor for their Writer to Writer program.
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