Also re: books, I learned the other day that Eloise Jarvis McGraw, writer of one of my all-time favorite YA novels Mara: Daughter of the Nile (perhaps the book I’ve most often re-read in my life? I’ve memorized sections of it and my copy is falling apart) wrote an adult novel about Hatshepsut.

That's awesome! I'd never heard of the book before this year, but the kids at my school read it for class, and then actually made (a pretty professional-looking) movie out of it. I could totally send it to you if you like...