Jeffrey A. Miles: I really wanted a story like this when I was a little boy. I knew that stories about princes falling in love with princesses didn't apply to me and my life. I knew from an early age that I was never going to marry a princess. So I wrote this story for children but I also wrote it for anyone who wants to read a fairy tale story of two men who meet each other, go on an adventure, fall in love, get married, and live happily ever after with their handsome prince.

I guess I hope that in the not-too-distant future, when I go to amusement parks, there will be a prince and prince couple, like Earnest and Gallant, dancing and singing together along with the other prince and princess couples in front of the castle. When that happens, then I will see the world as a truly magical place.

What do kids say about it?

Jeffrey A. Miles: I wondered if kids would comment that the story has two men getting married. I'm happy to say that kids love the story just like the other fairy tale stories. Kids see the story is about two people who fall in love and get married. All of the kids who have read the story don't find it unusual that the two characters who get married happen to be two men. Kids seem to see that love can happen between two people regardless of the couple's gender. I've been amazed how easy that idea is for kids to understand and how hard it is for some adults to understand.