HIT: Book Pronunciation

[Janice Levetan <jsl@MINDSPRING.COM>]

Thanks to everyone who answered.  (I had a teacher who was convinced the
pronunciation was "dees"). This is the answer that I received from Virginia
Hamilton:

You are correct.  I named Dies Drear after a family in our town who's last
name was Dies, pronounced as in >everyone 'dies'.  Long I.
Hope this clears it up for you.
Glad you enjoy my books.  New one coming out in September is BLUISH.  See
it's jacket on my web site:
www.virginiahamilton.com
Take care.
Sincerely,
Virginia Hamilton

Janice S. Levetan
Library Media Specialist
Spalding Drive Elementary School
Atlanta, GA

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