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Literary Sleuth and world creator Frank Beddor dared to expose the true story of Wonderland in the New York Times bestselling young adult trilogy The Looking Glass Wars. To satisfy the awakened curiosity of his readers he continued to tell the parallel adventures of Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan’s search for the lost princess in the graphic novel series Hatter M. He lives in Los Angeles.

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	The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 45,674 ratings — published 2004 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeing Redd 3.85 avg rating — 18,443 ratings — published 2007 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ArchEnemy 3.89 avg rating — 11,704 ratings — published 2009 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatter M, Volume 1: The Looking Glass Wars (Hatter M, #1) by Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author), Liz Cavalier, Ben Templesmith (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 2,511 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatter M, Volume 2: Mad With Wonder by Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author), Liz Cavalier, Sami Makkonen (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 968 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Princess Alyss of Wonderland by Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author), Catia Chien (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Vance Kovacs (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatter M, Volume 3: The Nature of Wonder by Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author), Liz Cavalier, Sami Makkonen (Artist) 3.86 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost in the H.A.T.B.O.X. (Hatter Madigan, #1) by Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author), Adrienne Kress (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatter M, Volume 4: Zen of Wonder (Hatter M, #4) by Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author), Sami Makkonen, Liz Cavalier 3.87 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatter M, Volume 5: Love of Wonder by Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author), Liz Cavalier (Co-writer), Sami Makkonen (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Imagination, Caterpillars, and Light: How the Magic of the Wonderverse Works

How does magic work? That might seem like a silly question. Magic is defined by its ability to bypass the laws of our terrestrial world. It transcends rules. That’s the point, right? Well, not quite. Storytellers fixate on the rules and forms of magic in their worlds, consistently aware that one misstep might cause them to lose their audience.

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Published on December 18, 2023 12:44 • Tags: alice-in-wonderland, fantasy, hatter-m, hatter-madigan, the-looking-glass-wars, ya-fantasy

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The Looking Glass Wars (5 books)
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Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author),

Curtis Clark,

Sami Makkonen (Contributor)

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Hatter M (6 books)
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Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author),

Sami Makkonen (Illustrator ),

Tyson Schroeder (Illustrator )

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Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author),

Adrienne Kress (Goodreads Author)

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“I tell you to think black thoughts and you come up with that?!" the lieutenant had screamed. "Is a guinea pig bad? Do you consider a guinea pig the representation of all that is evil?"

Maybe... if it's an evil guinea pig.”
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“You can't spend so much time in a place and not carry a bit of it inside you.”
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“But I killed you,” Alyss said. “Did you?” Red turned to The Cat. “Why wasn’t I informed?”
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