Signe Pike Book Signing November 19, 2011

Charleston author Signe Pike’s memoir, Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World (Perigee, paperback, $15.00, releases 11/1/11), takes readers on a magical journey to rediscover belief in the otherworldly. Books will be available for purchase at the event or prior to the event at Fiction-Addiction. Signe will sign books at the event.

A skeptic’s search for magic, one faery at a time.

In search of something more after the devastating loss of her father, Signe Pike left her career in Manhattan to undertake a magical journey–literally. In a sweeping tour through Mexico, England, Ireland, Scotland, and beyond, she takes readers to dark glens and abandoned forests, ancient sacred sites, and local pubs, seeking those who might still believe in the elusive beings we call faeries. As Pike attempts to connect with the spirit world–and reconnect with her own sense of wonder and purpose–she comes to view both herself and the world around her in a profoundly new light.

Captivating, full of heart, and unabashedly whimsical, Faery Tale is more than a memoir–it’s the story of rekindling that spark of belief that makes even the most skeptical among us feel like a child again.

About the author:
Signe Pike worked for Random House, Ballantine Books, and then Penguin/Plume before leaving New York City to write Faery Tale. Some of her most magical acquisitions include Me and Mr. Darcy by internationally bestselling author Alexandra Potter, Ice Land by Betsy Tobin, and the New York Times bestselling memoir Some Girls by Jillian Lauren.

Signe works as a freelance editor and writes full time in Charleston, South Carolina, where she is at work on her next non-fiction memoir. She lives with her husband, Eric Liebetrau, the managing and non-fiction editor of Kirkus Reviews, a mischievous black cat named Willoughby, and of course, their resident faeries.