“Echoing Joseph Campbell’s feeling that the world needs new storytellers and new myths to help us greet the coming age, I’ll say that Suzie Plakson is one of those storytellers, and King Lillian is one of those myths.”

~ JACOB NORDBY, AUTHOR, BLESSED ARE THE WEIRD



“A fabulous fable, The Return of King Lillian is a feast for the imagination.”

~ MARC WADE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DIGITAL, EMMY AWARDS



“A whimsical and philosophical fairy tale for the modern age.”

~ K.C. FINN, REVIEWER, READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS

“Brilliant and fresh!  As if Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland careened into AA Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, Stephen Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, and John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.”

~ EMMA CUNEO, REVIEWER & BLOGGER, DIVERSIFY YOUR SHELF


“To say that King Lillian thoroughly enchanted me and left me spellbound would be the understatement of the century. Suzie Plakson’s audiobook takes you into another realm — into the mystical.”

~ KELLY SULLIVAN WALDEN, AUTHOR, A CRISIS IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE



“A unique, brilliant and empowering fantasy novel. And novel it is — there is nothing else like it on the written page.”

~ GINIA DESMOND, AUTHORS’ COMMITTEE, TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS


“A brilliant fairy tale that reminded me a lot of stories like The Wizard of Oz and Gulliver’s Travels … The Return of King Lillian was savored and enjoyed over time as the masterpiece that it is.”


~ CHRISTINA DE VRIES, REVIEWER & BLOGGER, REEDSY DISCOVERY



“I will never see a horse, a sock, a peacock or a red rose with the same eyes!”

~ GABRIELLA CORDONE LISERO, BOOK BLOG ITALIA

“The Return of King Lillian has the ‘once in an era’ magic of The Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland … It is charming, captivating, engrossing.”

~ KIM JOHNSON, THEATRE/DANCE TEACHING ARTIST, NYC

“A classic fairy tale for the modern age … King Lillian comes with a big message; the message of doing what’s right rather than what’s easy.  King Lillian reigns!”

~ THERESA PULYER, REVIEWER & BLOGGER, TESSA TALKS BOOKS

“Lillian is one of a kind — brilliant, thoughtful, hilarious, with a greater appreciation for life in all its facets and detail than any other character who has graced my eye (or ear) for a very long time.”

~ JULIE SHERMAN, AUTHOR, ABOUT FACE

“Lillian has stepped out of something written by Mark Twain – her way of speaking, her humor, her insights.  It feels old-fashioned in the most beautiful of ways.”

~ MIKAELA JONES, AUTHOR, THE BOOK OF LIGHT

“Lillian is both an enchanted and enchanting protagonist, very easy to love. This story will speak to your soul – and oh, so eloquently!”

~ ASTRID M. ARZU, REVIEWER, READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS

“The work Plakson brings to the audiobook is award-worthy — she sweeps you off your feet. It made me feel like a kid and a grown up at the same time — now that’s artistry!”

~ MARIO CAMPANARO, ACTING TEACHER, MC2 MASTERCLASS

“With The Return of King Lillian, Suzie Plakson has done the impossible, telling a tale that at once feels both like a timeless classic and something modern, fresh and entirely new.”

~ DAVID BRIGGS, SOUND EDITOR, ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA

“The characters are wonderfully clever, exciting, and colorful, the adventures and events are enthralling, and the scenery is Inner Eye candy. A much-needed heroine tale, one that gives the soul a message every soul longs to hear.”

~ RITA LAZAR, WRITER & TEACHER, SOUL BLOSSOM DANCE

“Plakson voices this hilarious, cinematic, soulful Hero’s Journey, daring to awaken in us a deeply embodied memory of hope, innocence, and identity as a resistance to these cynical times. Long live King Lillian!”

~ CONSTANCE KAPLAN, LMFT, FORMER V.P., PARAMOUNT PICTURES



“Entrancing, audacious, and addictive! A splendidly creative allegory told by Suzie Plakson with flair, wit, and passion.”

~ MARIANNE DE PIERRES, AUTHOR, THE PEACEMAKER SERIES

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So back when I was pounding the pavements in NYC a thousand years ago, I was in a place of deep grey, yawning despair, when I had a numinous flash of a dream:

I see red-headed woman (I wasn’t a red head then!) in billowing, white poet-sleeves, a flowing scarlet velvet cape and a purple Musketeers-type hat with a big white plume… She’s on a mighty, gleaming chestnut horse, galloping up a wide dirt road – and she disappears under a cathedral ceiling of the most magnificent gigantic trees!  The colors are indescribably luminous, like a Maxfield Parrish painting on steroids – so saturated, so alive, simply breathtaking!

That flash-dream was a light-seed that not only saved my soul, but tattooed itself onto my psyche.  As a few further flash-dreams sprinkled my sleeping world, I became smitten with and eventually haunted by the desire to bring that glorious world into this one. 

 Thirty years later, “The Return of King Lillian” is now a full grown Tree, and I can exhale.  I always say, “I don’t do things, I grow things.”

 Though not intended for young children, King Lillian is most certainly intended for the young at heart.  My fondest hope is that it enchants the eternal child who lives at the heart of a world weary grownup.

 If I have only one magnum opus in my lifetime, it is, without question, King Lillian.  It’s been a soul imperative, that’s for sure, and has been quite the journey, indeed.

 Two oft-asked questions answered:

So, why the ‘King‘ thing?

Is ‘King Lillian’ a children’s book?