James Finn Garner es un escritor y satírico estadounidense, célebre por sus agudos y humorísticos comentarios sobre las corrientes sociales y políticas. Su obra es conocida por su ingenio agudo y su habilidad para exponer las absurdidades de las actitudes contemporáneas a través de relecturas irónicas y divertidas de narrativas familiares. Garner explora temas que resaltan el choque entre la tradición y las ideas progresistas, a menudo con el objetivo de provocar la reflexión sobre las normas sociales y el lenguaje que utilizamos para definirlas. Su enfoque satírico ofrece una lente refrescante y provocadora para observar el mundo.
Tras el éxito de «Cuentos infantiles políticamente correctos», el autor prosigue en liberar el cuento de hadas "clásico" de sus arcaicos conceptos sexista, clasista o costumbrista.
James Finn Garner has taken 12 time-tested tales and retold them with the newfound sensitivity of our times. Here's a snippet from "Little Red Riding Hood": The wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone." Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my way." Leap into a fairy-tale world where trolls are "dirt-accomplished and odor-enhanced," witches are "kindness-impaired," and Cinderella wears a gown "woven of silk stolen from unsuspecting silkworms." We can only regret that Garner had to exclude "The Duckling That Was Judged on Its Personal Merits and Not on Its Physical Appearance" for space reasons.