About the Author

Lisa Fiedler is an American author who has had several books published for younger readers, but this is her first teen title.

Reviews

"Those familiar with the original Hamlet will most appreciate Fiedler's imaginative approach, as she pays homage to the Bard with clever cribbing and her own twist on Shakespearean language." Publisher's Weekly "Dating Hamlet is an intelligent, inventive roller-coaster ride...Fans of the Bard will applaud this highly imaginative, lyrical text that plays with the story without damaging it." School Library Journal "Lisa Fiedler has written an awesome book for teens and has given Ophelia, a character before thought of as weak, a spunky attitude that many girls can identify with. The ending is the best and will not let down all you romantics out there!!! Read it, I guarantee you will enjoy it!" Reader review, Amazon.com

"Those familiar with the original Hamlet will most appreciate Fiedler's imaginative approach, as she pays homage to the Bard with clever cribbing and her own twist on Shakespearean language." Publisher's Weekly "Dating Hamlet is an intelligent, inventive roller-coaster ride...Fans of the Bard will applaud this highly imaginative, lyrical text that plays with the story without damaging it." School Library Journal "Lisa Fiedler has written an awesome book for teens and has given Ophelia, a character before thought of as weak, a spunky attitude that many girls can identify with. The ending is the best and will not let down all you romantics out there!!! Read it, I guarantee you will enjoy it!" Reader review, Amazon.com

Gr 10 Up-Ophelia is generally regarded as an unfortunate, weak character. She is known as the young woman driven mad by her love for Hamlet and to despair over her father's murder. The anger unleashed by her suicide leads her brother to agree to fight Hamlet with a poisoned rapier, a precipitating factor in the ultimate death of every major character in one of Shakespeare's great tragedies. However, Fiedler's Ophelia is a woman in love, willing to stand by her man, feign madness, and do whatever is necessary to force Claudius to admit to his despicable crimes. Dating Hamlet is an intelligent, inventive roller-coaster ride for teens who know the original story. They will revel in the twists that Fiedler adds to explain the characters' actions. The story will appeal to readers who enjoyed fractured fairy tales such as Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted (HarperCollins, 1997), which demand an understanding of the backstory. It will also lead readers into yet more complicated literary revisions such as Alan Gordon's Thirteenth Night (St. Martin, 1998). Fans of the Bard will applaud this highly imaginative, lyrical text that plays with the story without damaging it.-Betsy Fraser, Calgary Public Library, Canada Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.