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The Shakespeare Stealer For Further Reference

Brabander, Jennifer M. Review. Horn Book Magazine 0uly/August, 1998): 483. The reviewer compares Blackwood's narrative to Shakespeare's style.

Margolis, Sally. Review. School Library Journal (June, 1998): 140. This reviewer calls Blackwood's work a "fast-moving historical novel that introduces an important era with casual familiarity."

Phelan, Carolyn. Review. Booklist (June 1 &15,1998): 1763. This reviewer believes the main character "makes a wonderful guide to London and the Globe, since everything is remarkable to his unjaded eyes."

Review. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (June, 1998): 353. This reviewer notes Blackwood's careful use of Elizabethan and theatrical details.

Telgen, Diane. Something about the Author.

Volume 72. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.

An interview with Blackwood is presented in which he discusses how characters and situation allow theme to surface in novels and plays.