So as it turns out, Rumplestiltskin has already been updated and rewritten in the form of A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce. And she won the William C. Morris Debut Award for it.
Oh, well. Mine’ll be just as good. =P
I haven’t actually read it yet, but it’s in my pile of books to read this summer, and it does look like it’ll be good. From the summary on the back, it sounds like it keeps very close to the heart of the Rumplestiltskin story—the main character is the daughter of a miller (her last name is Miller, even), there’s a shadowy stranger making promises and offering to help, etc., etc., but in this case her father isn’t a terrible parent that sells his daughter to the king. He’s just a dead guy that leaves his daughters in the middle of a terrible debt they can’t hope to pay off by themselves.
Awards do tend to boost my confidence in this regard, but in this case, A Curse as Dark as Gold has been on my list of titles to read since it was first published in 2008. And now it’s in paperback! Much cheaper. Can’t wait to start it. :)
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