Splendors and Glooms Resources

The official website for Splendors and Glooms sings the book's praises, obviously focusing on that nifty Newbery Honor that the book received in 2013.

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According to The New York Times, the foggy, filthy London setting for Splendors and Glooms is definitely reminiscent of another well-known British writer, Charles Dickens.

Laura Amy Schlitz says that writing Splendors and Glooms nearly killed her. She started it in 2005 and took almost a decade to finish the book.

When asked if winning the Newbery has changed her life in any drastic way, Laura Amy Schlitz admits that she works fewer days as a school librarian … and that she no longer attends staff meetings.

Laura Amy Schlitz is interviewed after receiving a Newbery Honor and talks about why she's drawn into historical fiction.

This fan-made book trailer certainly captures the deliciously creepy feel of Splendors and Glooms, along with the grimy Victorian setting.

If you'd rather get the full-on, creepy bedtime-story experience of Splendors and Glooms, you can get it as an audiobook.

Ready for something pretty spooky? Check out the cover of Splendors and Glooms, which features two children eerily strung up as puppets.

Without further ado, we present the one and only Laura Amy Schlitz.