In this "Featured Author" section of the New York Times online, you will find a wonderful web page dedicated to Carter, providing the viewer with reviews of her earlier books, along with articles by and about the author. A good, quick read to familiarize you with Carter's work.

The Unofficial Angela Carter Page
http://www.feministsf.org/femsf/authors/carter.html

Click here to access a quick list of reference items, from biographical information (very short) to a record of her awards Although the site is not comprehensive, it is a good starting place.

StoryTapes.com: The Magic Toyshop
http://www.storytapes.com/magtoybyanca.html

Visit this site and you'll be treated to a brief and entertaining RealAudio preview of one of Carter's books, The Magic Toyshop, as read by Miriam Margolyes. This will help you get a better idea of the narrative style of the author.

BIOGRAPHY
Angela Carter (b. 1940) was born in London, England. She received a B.A. in English from the University of Bristol. She published her first novel, the detective story Shadow Dance, in 1966. In her next novel The Magic Toyshop (1967) she combined elements of sexual fantasy with fairy tales and the Freudian unconsciousness. Her third novel, Several Perceptions (1969), won the Somerset Maugham Award. She continued to publish critically acclaimed novels that reexamined gender roles and other feminist issues. She has published over 30 novels, collections of poetry, short stories, essays, and children's books, winning the Cheltenham Literary Festival Award for The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979), the Kust Maschler Award for Sleeping Beauty and Other Favorite Fairy Tales (1984), and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Nights at the Circus (1985). She died of cancer February 16, 1992 in London, England.