The tale of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of time’s most famous love stories --- a pair comes together through the power of music, and ill-fated snake bite kills Eurydice on their wedding day, and Orpheus goes all the way to the underworld to bring her back. Considering David Almond’s newest book A SONG FOR ELLA GREY is based on this ancient Greek tale --- this time, following high school students in Northern England --- we had to ask, does he consider himself a romantic?
See his answer below, and be sure to head to the next stop on the A SONG FOR ELLA GREY blog tour!
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