The Voice of the Wooden Dragon
by Christie Waldman, illustrated by Lane Waldman
Buffalo: NFB Publishing, 2024
“Original, clever, and a fun read from start to finish, “The Voice of the Wooden Dragon” is especially and unreservedly recommended for elementary school, middle school, high school, and community library Fantasy Fiction collections for young readers ages 8-18.” –Children’s Bookwatch, Fantasy/Sci Fi Shelf, Midwest Book Review, Nov. 2024
“A fantastic mix of fantasy fun, a bit of royal chaos, and a beautifully imagined world of dragons and humans …. Very highly recommended.” –Asher Syed for Reader’s Favorite, 11-25-2024
Press releases: “The Voice of the Wooden Dragon is Latest Release from NFB Publishing,” Buffalo Scoop, Oct. 17, 2024; “The Voice of the Wooden Dragon is Latest Release from NFB Publishing,” PRLog, Oct. 28, 2024
Podcast, interview with Mark Pogodzinski (owner at NFB Publishing), Steve Harper of PBN Network, and me about the making of The Voice of the Wooden Dragon, 3-13-25, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwAy3FGvc74&ab_channel=PBNPODCASTS.
Interview with Lois Winston, “Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers,” June 11, 2025, https://anastasiapollack.blogspot.com/.
Francis Bacon’s Hidden Hand in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice:
A Study of Law, Rhetoric, and Authorship
by Christina G. Waldman
New York: Algora Publishing, 2018
“This well-written book adds importantly to a long tradition …. Christina Waldman ably makes the case for Shakespeare’s contemporary Francis Bacon as the author of The Merchant of Venice. –Daniel Kornstein, author of Kill All the Lawyers? Shakespeare’s Legal Appeal), Amazon, Sept. 16, 2024.
Mentioned in:
—-Adeline A. Allen, “Sperm and Eggs in Consideration of Money: A Pound of Flesh for Three Thousand Ducats?” Indiana Health Law Review 19:275 (2022), p. 307, fn. 161, available from IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law, https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/ihlr/authors.html.
—-Manlio Bellomo, “Ius commune e Shakespeare, fra drammi e commedie,” Rivista Internazionale di Diritto Commune 30 (2019), 11-27, p. 11.
—-Meg Zulick, “Shakespeare and Rhetoric Sources,” The Rhetorical Goddess Wiki, http://rhetoricalgoddess.wikidot.com/biblio:shakespeare
—-“Francis Bacon,” Theosophy Wiki, last ed. 25 March 2026, https://theosophy.wiki/en/Francis_Bacon
Press release: “Francis Bacon Makes Comeback as Shakespeare Authorship Candidate,” PRLog, June 13, 2019
Podcast, “Unmasking the Mastermind: Did Francis Bacon Write The Merchant of Venice?” Sir Francis Bacon, March 2026 (AI-assisted), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dL1efzyV6w.
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Last updated 9-3-2026