John Patrick Pazdziora
Education and Experience
John Patrick Pazdziora is a freelance writer and editor. He holds a BA from the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, and a PGDip (Hons) in Theological Studies from Belfast Bible College. His research interests include children’s literature, Scottish literature, fantasy, folk and fairy tale, anti-tale, Christian mysticism, and the interplay between archetype, author, and text. He is working on a PhD dissertation provisionally entitled ‘George MacDonald’s Romantic Iconography of Death in his Writings for Children.’ John also hosts the literary blog The Paradoxes of Mr Pond, and is the copy editor for StreetWise Magazine.
Publications
Articles
‘Ragabone,’ New Fairy Tales, Issue 5 (June 2010)
‘My Uncle Elephant,’ The Hog’s Head (27 April 2010)
Conference Papers
‘ “You Know How Happy Kings Are”: The Anti-Fairy Tales of James Thurber,’ Anti-tales: The Uses of Disenchantment, University of Glasgow, August 2010.
