{"product_id":"pixie-9781526671066","title":"Pixie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping and vivid novel inspired by the life of Pamela 'Pixie' Colman Smith, the illustrator behind the famed Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck--featuring line drawings from the iconic cards.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Pixie\". I like it. \"Pixie Pamela\". It's a good name for me: sometimes tiny and invisible. Other times bouncing up to the ceiling to look down on everyone.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's the turn of the twentieth century and Pamela 'Pixie' Colman Smith is a young woman of stark contradictions: plucky yet naïve, artistically gifted despite lacking classical training, fascinated by the esoteric but skeptical of the world around her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the deaths of her beloved mother and her troubled but well-intentioned father, Pixie finds herself in the complex, political world of fin-de-siècle art, trying to get her stunning work seen and to forge a name and a path for herself in life. Across Jamaica, Devon, London and Brooklyn, \u003ci\u003ePixie\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of epic proportions, a tale of the twists and turns, séances and secrets, successes and devastation, of one young woman's talent, grit and determination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePixie\u003c\/i\u003e, Whitbread and Orange Prize-shortlisted author Jill Dawson renders the real-life figure of Pamela 'Pixie' Colman Smith, artist, publisher and illustrator of the still-iconic Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck, in arrestingly vivid detail, breathing life into a story that is instantly knowable, but has, until now, eluded popular imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Dawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.59h x 5.36w x 1.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526671066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Dawson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eleven novels and one poetry collection and the editor of six anthologies of poetry and stories. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, has been a Costa Judge, and has taught creative writing in many different settings. She lives in Cambridgeshire, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jill Dawson \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48363743445149,"sku":"9781526671066","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_860d2591-7d8f-404c-83c8-87243a51ab27.jpg?v=1780428723","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/pixie-9781526671066","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}