The Truth of Fiction

Ray Bradbury called E.E. King's stories, "Marvelously inventive, wildly funny and deeply thought-provoking. I cannot recommend them highly enough."Like The Illustrated Man and The Canterbury Tales, The Truth of Fiction is a series of connected stories.Tied together by the tale of three friends on a quest to capture a magical white deer, which contains THE TRUTH in its antlers and hooves, The Truth of Fiction contains over thirty tales ranging from fantasy and humor to tragedy and science fiction.As the friends search for the doe, stories fall from the trees and leap from the lake, revealing realities about the malleability of fact and the meaning of friendship. E.E. King is a performer, writer, biologist and painter. Ray Bradbury calls her stories "marvelously inventive, wildly funny and deeply thought provoking. I cannot recommend them highly enough." Her books are;" Dirk Quigby's Guide to the Afterlife," "Real Conversations with Imaginary Friends," "The Adventures of Emily Finfeather - The Feathernail and Other Gifts" and "Another Happy Ending."She has won numerous awards and been published widely.She has worked with children in Bosnia, crocodiles in Mexico, frogs in Puerto Rico, egrets in Bali, mushrooms in Montana, archaeologists in Spain and butterflies in South Central Los Angeles.