Tell us a little about yourself.

I am one half of a writing team that also includes my wife Christine. We live in the Austin area along with our three dogs and Shadow the cat. I have a life long love of reading and fantasy in particular ever since reading “The Hobbit” at the age of eight. Continue reading this post…

Please tell us a little about yourself…

I am an inveterate reader, an incorrigible optimist, and an all around great guy. I was born under auspicious stars in the summer of 1968 into a seriously dysfunctional family. Soon after I became a ward of the court. I grew up in a monastic orphanage in the middle of a redwood forest, which was also my playground. I discovered my love for reading there. Continue reading this post…

Original Source

Christine Rose is an author, artist, and filmmaker. She has produced two documentary films and has credits on IMDB.com. The first film enjoyed a theatrical premiere in Paris and a considerable amount of international press. Continue reading this post…

What was the moment in your life that caused you to follow your passion of becoming an artist?

It was after I had written a book. I was an art major back in college, and I had been drawing since the age of 5 or 6. After a year in college, however, I didn’t feel that my work was “good enough,” so I changed my major a few times before landing in English. After my book “Rowan of the Wood” was published, we began doing Renaissance Faires and Celtic Festivals to promote it. This gave me the opportunity to take art projects back up. All the art I do currently is connected with the book somehow. Continue reading this post…

Once you’ve purchased an Amazon Kindle e-book reader, the wonderful world of public domain, Creative Commons and free e-book promotions opens up to you. In this weekly Kindle Reader feature, I point you to a few of the most interesting new free (or very cheap) e-books available for download from the web. Continue reading this post…

Your young fantasy acolyte will thrill to ‘Rowan of the Wood’ (Dalton Publishing, $14.95), a homegrown wizarding tale by Austin authors Ethan and Christine Rose. A contractor and college English teacher respectively by day, this husband-and-wife team make their debut with the story of Cullen, a 12-year-old misfit who finds a magic wand inhabited by the powerful sorcerer Rowan. Continue reading this post…

Ethan and Christine Rose found out about the event online and decided to book a spot this year to promote their new book, “Rowan of the Wood,” the first in a series of young adult books about an ancient wizard who possesses a young boy after 1,000 years of imprisonment in a magic wand. Continue reading this post…

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Diversions Cover Story

Round Rock couple teams up on book

by MARCIAL GUAJARDO
Managing Editor

A look at the cover of “Rowan of the Wood” reminds some of Harry Potter. Pictured is a little boy wearing wire-rimmed, round glasses, his wavy hair a bit tussled. In back of him, a wizard waves a wand, magic imagined electricity-like, twisting into a curl at the top of the page. Evil appears to lurk nearby, in the woods behind the boy and wizard. Continue reading this post…

Rowan of the Wood won the Indie Excellence Award for best YA Fiction!

Blue Moose Press is pleased to announce that authors Christine & Ethan Rose’s YA fantasy novel fiction novel Rowan of the Wood was honored as the winner in the YA fiction category of the prestigious 2009 National Indie Excellence Awards on Saturday, May 9, 2009. Continue reading this post…

For local authors Christine and Ethan Rose, the last few months have been extraordinary. After recently publishing the first book, Rowan of the Wood (www.rowanofthewood.com), these married authors have become an Austin sensation. Continue reading this post…

Should you turn your head in the midst of rush hour and be confronted by the image of a large green wizard, chances are that the Austin maverick authors Christine and Ethan Rose are in the lane beside you. Continue reading this post…

Rowan of the Wood is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.

LOS ANGELES – October 20, 2008 USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS” 2008 AWARDS (NBBA) on October 20, 2008. Continue reading this post…

Austin, Texas…”Rowan of the Wood” (Dalton Publishing, 2008) is an engrossing story of magic, timeless love, and tragedy, which is certain to capture the imaginations of preteen and teen readers as well as adults. The book is written by Austin married couple, Christine and Ethan Rose. They are first time authors. The Texas release date for Rowan of the Wood is October 18, 2008.

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AUSTIN, TX—JANUARY 29, 2008—Last week Dalton Publishing, an independent publisher based in Austin, signed with authors Christine & Ethan Rose to publish their premiere novel “Rowan of the Wood.” Continue reading this post…

AUSTIN, TX—NOVEMBER 20, 2007—Superheroes, Mutants, Villains, and even Turtles roamed the aisles of Wizard World Texas last weekend held in the Arlington Convention Center. Among known artists such as Ethan Van Sciver and James O’Barr were two newcomers to the fantasy convention scene: Christine & Ethan Rose, authors of the YA fantasy novel Rowan of the Wood. Continue reading this post…

AUSTIN, TX—OCTOBER 16, 2007—With over 500 new books printed every day, it is becoming increasingly difficult to reach one’s niche audience. Even with the internet, most people are suffering from information overload and just shut out new content or unrecognizable names. There is just too much information to process on top of dealing with bills, work, and family. More and more people are turning to sites like YouTube to get a daily dose of humor, news, or information in little three to seven minute snippets. Continue reading this post…

AUSTIN, TX—SEPTEMBER 12, 2007—Since the final Harry Potter book was released in July, the highways of cyberspace have been in a blogging frenzy by fantasy fans trying to determine who or what to read next. The popular series single-handedly got people of all ages around the world reading again. Now that Harry is thirty-something and married with children, what will fill the imagination of all those new fantasy readers? Continue reading this post…

Four Headstones

“Christine and Ethan Rose have created a cast of characters that leap off the pages and carry you with them through adventures so vivid you can easily see them playing out in your mind as you read…”

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Twelve-year-old Cullen lives with the Samuels, a foster family that treats him horribly. He is picked on at school, and his only friends are fellow outcasts Maddy and April. Cullen spends much of his time in a magnificent redwood forest near his home, where he is safe to imagine magical worlds where anything is possible. Continue reading this post…

This book was so fun and different. I’ve never read a book like this before, the characters are very original, I LOVE Marlin. The book changes between a bunch of different characters points of view, so you get to see what’s going on in all of their heads. And it goes between the different times in history, but everything seems to flow very nicely together. Continue reading this post…

Magic, lost love, vampirism, history, and modern times – how do they all fit together? If you wanted to know, you would have to read Rowan of The Wood by Christine and Ethan Rose. Rowan of The Wood is a fantasy novel, but it is also more, and it is one eBook that you aren’t going to want to miss! Continue reading this post…

For part of the book, the chapters alternate between Cullen’s current story and Fiana’s past. I have to say, I liked Fiana’s story a bit better. She met all sorts of magicy people and evil people. Very exciting and interesting. And I found it especially interesting to see how her interactions with these people turned her into the bitter villain that she is in the present. Continue reading this post…

The prologue and first chapter drew me in right away, despite my reservations based on the cover (which I think doesn’t fit with the feel of the novel at all). I really liked the magical plot; it was original and unpredictable, and appropriate for younger readers but deep enough to also capture the minds of adults. Continue reading this post…

“The mythology in the book was outstanding. It combined a little bit of vampire with a lot of Celtic, and I thought it was an excellent combination … It’s even possible that I enjoyed the chapters in historical settings better than the chapters in the current time, although they gradually got darker. I would be very interested to read more in this series, as well as more by these authors, if they can work up a novel like this their first time out.” Continue reading this post…

Christine and Ethan Rose’s new book Rowan of the Wood. Rowan tells the story of Cullen, a twelve-year-old foster-child/bookworm. Cullen loves to read, fantasy epics are his favorite, and suddenly he finds himself in one! Cullen finds a wand in the forest and his body is no longer his, Rowan, a druid priest from the 500s, is inside his mind after having been imprisoned in the wand for nearly 1,500 years! Continue reading this post…

Teens Read Too gave Rowan of the Wood a 5-star review PLUS the Gold Star Award for Excellence!

Excerpt: “…a fantastic and believable read.  The love that doesn’t really die between Rowan and Fiana is powerful.  The loneliness of Cullen and his love of doing what is right is wondrous.  I loved this book and anyone who loves fantasy will love it, too. The authors have gotten this one right and I highly recommend it.” Continue reading this post…

Rowan of the Wood is a fanciful and intriguing book about love, loss, magic and a centuries old quest.With a likeable group of heroes, and a set of villains that you can actually feel sorry for at points, they take you on a mystical tale that spans fourteen centuries and leads to the twenty-first century where a misfit boy has to take on an enormous responsibility. Continue reading this post…