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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter is a 2017 novel by Theodora Goss.It is her debut novel, though she is an author of many short works. Strange Case is the first installment of The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series, and is followed by European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman.
The Alchemist's Daughter was shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize at the BC Book Prizes 2005, [1] Best Canadian Speculative Novel in English at the Prix Aurora Awards 2005, [2] the 2006 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award and the Publishing In Education Award 2005 at the Saskatchewan Book Awards. [3]
Theodora Goss was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States as a child. [4] [2] She received her B.A. from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Boston University [3] She is also a graduate of the Odyssey and Clarion writing workshops, and sold her first published story, "The Rose in Twelve Petals," while a student at Clarion.
Richard Mulcaster (ca. 1531, Carlisle, Cumberland – 15 April 1611, Essex) is known best for his headmasterships of Merchant Taylors' School and St Paul's School, both then in London, and for his pedagogic writings. He is often regarded as the founder of English language lexicography. He was also an Anglican priest.
A 15-year-old girl and the titular novice alchemist. She was orphaned at a young age and aims to be an alchemist just like her late parents. Although she originally had long hair, she got it cut short by Maria prior to her alchemist's exam. She later starts an isolated rural alchemist shop, trains, and sells goods to make a living.
The school was founded as a hospital school for the daughters of Edinburgh burgesses [5] in 1694 as the Merchant Maiden Hospital by Mary Erskine (a prominent Edinburgh banking businesswoman [5]) and the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh in the first Merchants' Hall in Cowgate, Edinburgh. [6]
Ted Chiang was born in 1967 in Port Jefferson, New York, to a Taiwanese American family. [3] His Chinese name is Chiang Feng-nan (姜峯楠; Jiāng Fēngnán). [4]Both of his parents were born in Mainland China and immigrated to Taiwan with their families during the Chinese Communist Revolution before immigrating to the United States. [5]
Education was important to Marie and Irène's education began at a school near the Paris Observatory. [7] This school was chosen because it had a more challenging curriculum than the school nearby the Curie's home. [7] In 1906, it was obvious Irène was talented in mathematics and her mother chose to focus on that instead of public school. [7]