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Arianna wrote on January 24, 2017
Hello!
I absolutely loved the Magic Shop series when I was a kid (I'm 25 now) and after recently rereading all the books I'm really happy that they're still great. Do you have any plans to add to the Magic Shop series in the future? I'd love to see more of Mr. Elives and honestly, I was super excited when Juliet Dove came out. I've found myself thinking of different magic shop scenarios a lot lately. Thank you so much for what you've done.
Reply by Bruce Coville
Hi, Arianna -

Thanks for this. Though I've published over a hundred books now, the Magic Shop titles remain among my very favorites. I feel like something about the shop pulls out the very best in me.

I did have a proposal for a sixth book, but I am sadly at odds with the series publisher so I don't know if anything will ever happen with that. But I really would like to go back and see what's happening at the shop sometime.

Thanks for your kinds words.

BC
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