History:
Berry, Oliver. “Mystical Tales from Transylvania.” BBC News, BBC, 28 Feb. 2022, www.bbc.com/travel/article/20130114-mystical-tales-from-transylvania
Butler, Catherine. "Modern Children's Fantasy." The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature, Cambridge. Edited by Edward James, and Farah Mendlesohn. Cambridge
DCPA Press. “Q&A with Original Wicked Novel Author, Gregory Maguire.” 29 May 2024 https://www.denvercenter.org/news-center/qa-with-original-wicked-novel-author-gregory-maguire
Diehl, Amanda. “Naomi Novik.”13 Oct. 2020 BookPage, https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/25662-naomi-novik-science-fiction-fantasy
Dobbins, Amanda. “The Magicians Trilogy Author Lev Grossman Explains His Cultural Influences.”6 Aug. 2014, https://www.vulture.com/2014/07/lev-grossman-explains-his-cultural-influences
Le Guin, Ursula. “Art, Information, Theft, and Confusion, Part Two.” Ursula K. Le Guin, 1 Aug. 2010, www.ursulakleguin.com/bvc-art-information-theft-and-confusion-part
Pullman, Philip. “25 Years of His Dark Materials: Philip Pullman on the Journey of a Lifetime.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 10 Oct. 2020, www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/10/25-years-of-his-dark-materials-philip-pullman-on-the-journey-of-a-lifetime
Characteristics:
Black, Sharon. “Harry Potter: A Magical Prescription for Just about Anyone.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 46, no. 7, 2003, pp. 540–44. JSTOR, 8 Oct. 2025. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40015455?seq=1
Imrie, Matt. “Entering the School for Good & Evil: An Interview with Soman Chainani.” Teen Librarian, Teen Librarian, 5 Aug. 2013, teenlibrarian.co.uk/2013/08/05/entering-the-school-for-good-evil-an-interview-with-soman-chainani/
Galluccio, Marena. “‘chosen Ones’ Interview: Author Veronica Roth on Classic Tropes, Creating New Worlds, and Characters with Post Saving-the-World Emotions.” The Young Folks, 25 June 2020, www.theyoungfolks.com/books/144423/chosen-ones-interview-author-veronica-roth/
Ferrier-Watson, Sean. “The Many Roads of Oz: An Existential Reading of Maguire’s ‘Wicked Witch of the West.’” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 28, no. 2 (99), 2017, pp. 219–35. JSTOR, 8 Oct. 2025, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26499448
Wakeman, Gregory. “‘It Was Such a Good Idea’: Wicked Author Gregory Maguire on the Real Meaning of the Story That Captivated the World.” BBC News, BBC, 24 Jan. 2025, www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241122-wicked-author-gregory-maguire-on-the-real-meaning-of-the-story-that-captivated-the-world
“pottercast Interviews J.K. Rowling, Part One.” (2007), Accio Quote!, 8 Oct. 2025, https://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/1217-pottercast-anelli.html
“Jill Murphy: ‘I Just Wanted to Have a Book on the Shelf.’” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 25 Jan. 2017, www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/25/jill-murphy-worst-witch-career-classic-children-author
The Importance of Fantasy, Fairness, and Friendship In ..., 8 Oct. 2025, files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1069216.pdf.
HONEYMAN, SUSAN E. “Childhood Bound: In Gardens, Maps, and Pictures.” Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2001, pp. 117–32. 8 Oct. 2025, JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44029449
Taylor, Marjorie. “The Role of Creative Control and Culture in Children’s Fantasy/Reality Judgments.” Child Development, vol. 68, no. 6, 1997, pp. 1015–17 8 Oct. 2025, JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1132284
Societal Influence:
López, Lara. “The Dark Academia Aesthetic: Nostalgia for the Past in Social Networks.” International Journal of Creative Media Research, 2023. ijcmr.online/2/article/view/18/22.
Aura, Isabella, Lobna Hassan, and Juho Hamari. “Transforming a School into Hogwarts: Storification of Classrooms and Students’ Social Behaviour.” Educational Review, 2023. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131911.2023.2170332.