About the Author | Andrea Stehle
Andrea Stehle is a middle school Latin teacher at St. Timothy’s Episcopal School in Raleigh, NC. She earned her BA in Latin with a minor in Classics from the University of Texas in 1989. Since discovering her first Greek mythology book in her school library in 3 rd grade, the magical world of myths has been one of her life’s great passions. As a sponsor of a chapter of the National Junior Classical League Magistra Stehle has sponsored myth camps, evenings on Mt. Olympus and even helps on the committee that writes the questions for the National Mythology Exam.
NOTA BENE
The world of Arcadia began as a "what if" conversation my daughter, Monica. We both loved how Rick Riordan's books had brought mythology to the modern world and we wondered what a futuristic world controlled by the Greek gods would be like. The hypothetical discussion reminded me of a old Star Trek episode called "Who Mourns for Adonias?" where the god Apollo had tried to force Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise to worship him. I couldn't stop thinking about the possibilities. The next day as I was giving the Spanish AP test, I found myself sketching a map and outlining the powers and followers of each Olympian. Thus the world of Arcadia was born.
