THE BOOK OF BALLADS illustrated and presented by Charles Vess, one of the leading artists in modern fantasy, presents some of the great songs and folktales of the English and Scottish traditions, re-imagined in sequential-art form, in collaboration with some of today's strongest fantasy writers.

Here are New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman ("The False Knight on the Road"), Sharyn McCrumb ("Thomas the Rhymer") and Lee Smith ("The Three Lovers") as well as acclaimed children's writer Jane Yolen with "King Henry" and "The Great Selchie of Sule Skerrie"; popular novelist Charles de Lint's contemporary reworking of "Twa Corbies"; Bone creator Jeff Smith with "The Galtee Farmer"; Emma Bull's version of "The Black Fox," and much, much more.

Introduced by award-winning editor and writer Terri Windling, and finished with full lyrics and discographies of the classic versions of these songs and tales, The Book of Ballads is an event in the worlds of fantasy and graphic storytelling alike.