Andre Norton ranks among the top best-selling authors published by Ace, the leading paperback publisher of science fiction and fantasy. Her novels, which have sold in the millions, stay in print longer than those of most other science fiction authors, an...

"Andre Norton, like all special writers, is more than just an author. She is a guide who leads us, the real human beings, to worlds and situations that we might expect to live, were we given extraordinary longevity.... Is it any wonder that millions upon...

The devotion of Andre Norton to the imaginative worlds of literature has spanned nearly her entire life. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Alice Mary Norton began her literary career at a young age by not only editing her high-school newspaper but also writing he...

Andre Norton. Avon, $23 (368p) ISBN 0-380-97687-0 The veteran Norton concocts a heady mixture of Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and aromatherapy in this new magical adventure. Scullery maid Willadene, 16, no sooner escapes from her cruel Aunt Jacoha's tavern than her...

Byline: DAISY GARNETT DO YOU know which scent suits you? I didn't. My brain goes soggy when Ismell perfume. I can smell jasmine in a garden, but as a note in a perfume? No.I get confused. I get smellblind and panicky, and...