William
K Hugel grew up at the Stone Barn Castle in Central New York State. He studied English literature at Edinburgh University in
Scotland and McGill University in Montreal. After leaving university
he wrote two literary novels The Dancer and The Fool (1999)
and Napoleon, The Man who Found a War
(2004) which was short listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
Born in New York State, he lived and traveled throughout America, eventually adopting New Orleans as his home. After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina he experienced a fallow period during which he moved to Dublin, Ireland. This was 2006, and William found himself in the midst of the new, Euro-obsessed Ireland. The alienation triggered by this money mania, combined with the tragic sense of loss created by Hurricane Katrina, unexpectedly led, after a period of creative dormancy, to the writing of his first fairy tale, The Mermaid and The Penniless Writer.
After this he says a series of twelve stories came to him like little dream bubbles. The result are beautiful, innocent stories that are able slip past our everyday defenses, awakening dormant emotions and drawing us back to a simpler and more profound way of thinking and being.
Thus, from heart ache and a search for solace, B. Magnolia and his Bedtime Stories were born.
After leaving Ireland William decided on San Francisco as the best place in the universe to bring these stories out into the world. In July of 2011, out of his Mission apartment, he launched Mystic World Press. The result are one of a kind books that are as beautiful to hold as they are to read.
He thanks you for your support of his press and of independent artists everywhere. children's books
Born in New York State, he lived and traveled throughout America, eventually adopting New Orleans as his home. After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina he experienced a fallow period during which he moved to Dublin, Ireland. This was 2006, and William found himself in the midst of the new, Euro-obsessed Ireland. The alienation triggered by this money mania, combined with the tragic sense of loss created by Hurricane Katrina, unexpectedly led, after a period of creative dormancy, to the writing of his first fairy tale, The Mermaid and The Penniless Writer.
After this he says a series of twelve stories came to him like little dream bubbles. The result are beautiful, innocent stories that are able slip past our everyday defenses, awakening dormant emotions and drawing us back to a simpler and more profound way of thinking and being.
Thus, from heart ache and a search for solace, B. Magnolia and his Bedtime Stories were born.
After leaving Ireland William decided on San Francisco as the best place in the universe to bring these stories out into the world. In July of 2011, out of his Mission apartment, he launched Mystic World Press. The result are one of a kind books that are as beautiful to hold as they are to read.
He thanks you for your support of his press and of independent artists everywhere. children's books