Kris Waldherr Books in Order

This illustrated retelling follows the Greek myth of Persephone and her mother Demeter. Their separation and longing place a mother’s determination at the center of a story connecting family love, the underworld, and the changing seasons.

Profiles of goddesses from different cultures introduce their stories, powers, and roles in human traditions. Athena, Tara, and Benzai-Ten are among the figures explored, with illustrations accompanying accounts of wisdom, beauty, music, and the many forms of the divine feminine.

This guide explores goddess traditions as a source of creativity and personal reflection for women. Mythic stories, symbolic qualities, and suggested rituals connect the figures’ strengths to everyday experiences, offering ways to draw meaning from their enduring cultural associations.

A girl joins her mother for a day gathering vegetables, herbs, and fruit from their garden. This illustrated story follows their shared harvest, bringing the relationship between a family and the food they grow into focus.

Myths and religious traditions reveal the significance of sixteen animals across different cultures. Illustrated accounts range from a resourceful fox to a raven who steals the sun, exploring how familiar creatures become symbols of mystery and sacred power.

Sheltered by her celebrated courtesan sister in sixteenth-century Venice, Filamena Ziani longs for a life beyond their palazzo. A stranger’s gift draws her toward forbidden love, with illustrated myths and letters framing her struggle for freedom and self-determination.

Fifty royal women face the dangerous consequences of power, marriage, and dynastic ambition. Illustrated accounts of figures including Cleopatra and Anne Boleyn trace the betrayals, political schemes, and expectations that made life behind a crown perilous.

This illustrated nonfiction book examines more than thirty real princesses across history, moving beyond fairy-tale glamour. Royal biographies, art, and popular culture reveal the constraints, scandals, choices, and leadership challenges that shaped lives behind the familiar image of a crown.

Tasked with burying a dead poet beside his wife, post-mortem photographer Robert must first record her niece’s account of their tragic marriage. Five nights of storytelling expose unsettling connections to Robert’s own losses and experiences that blur life with the supernatural.

Caroline Frankenstein, Elizabeth Lavenza, and Justine Moritz tell the stories surrounding Victor’s pursuit of mastery over death. This reimagining of Frankenstein follows the women’s loyalties, desires, and losses as his experiments and the creature’s revenge transform their lives.

Tarot cards become tools for developing characters, shaping plots, and overcoming creative blocks. Waldherr combines explanations of the deck with writing exercises, prompts, and original spreads, helping storytellers use symbolic imagery to discover possibilities within their work.

Goddess myths provide a framework for understanding tarot symbolism and interpreting the cards. Waldherr explains the stories behind her deck, combining card meanings, reading techniques, and spreads to help readers explore its imagery and apply it to their lives.

Traditional tarot archetypes meet stories of legendary lovers, from Cupid and Psyche to Arthur and Guinevere. Card explanations, relationship spreads, and reading guidance explore how romantic myths can illuminate personal growth and the connections people form with one another.

Painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti sees Elizabeth Siddal as the muse destined to inspire his work. Her independent desires challenge his idealized love, turning their marriage toward betrayal and obsession as the boundary between artistic devotion and madness begins to dissolve.