An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins Publishers ...

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak.

Sendak, who died in 2012, spoke about Hansel and Gretel around the time he was working on the opera. In an interview published in the 2003 book "The Art of Maurice Sendak" he called the fairy tale ...

It’s a publishing fairy tale. ‘Hansel and Gretel’ is reimagined by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak The King-Sendak re-imagining of the famed Brothers Grimm tale is scheduled for Sept. 2.

Hansel and Gretel are the most heroic of them all,” said Sendak, known for “Where the Wild Things Are,” “In the Night Kitchen,” and other children’s favorites.

“ Hansel and Gretel is the most profound of all Grimm fairy tales. Generally speaking, most of Grimm is about heroic children," Sendak said in a 1997 interview with the producer of the Hansel ...

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins ...

HarperCollins Publishers announced Thursday that the King-Sendak re-imagining of the famed Brothers Grimm tale about two lost children in a frightening forest is scheduled for Sept. 2.