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The Voice of the Wooden Dragon

by Christie Waldman

September 2024. NEW BOOK!

Published by NFB Publishing (Buffalo)

“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

Published by Algora Publishing (New York, 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), “A Creative Approach,” Amazon, Sept. 16, 2024.

Cited by:

—-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, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dL1efzyV6w. This podcast captures the excitement I felt when making each new discovery in writing Francis Bacon’s Hidden Hand. I am grateful to my friend, the incredibly talented Rob Fowler, for making this (AI-assisted) podcast to help others learn about my book.

The Bacon Shakespeare Question: The Baconian Theory Made Sane

by N.B. Cockburn

The 2024 Francis Bacon Society Edition is a reprint of British Inner Temple barrister N.B. Cockburn’s rare-but-essential study, first published by the author in 1998. It is available from the Francis Bacon Society’s online bookstore with U.S. distribution. It contains 42 well-written chapters with footnotes, 5 appendices, and an index, 740 pp.

This new edition features a biography of the author by Sally Gibbins, Principal of the Francis Bacon Society, and a foreword by Christina G. Waldman.

Press release: “Barrister’s Bacon-Shakespeare Book Makes Comeback,” PR Log, PR Newswire, June 11, 2024.