History Creator / ZilphaKeatleySnyder

* UptightLovesWild or [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream... Something]]: Many of her stories have intelligent, imaginative children in oppressive life circumstances. They encounter something or (usually) someone who is extremely unusual and possibly unearthly, who introduces them to amazing possibilities in themselves and in life. Often [[ButNowIMustGo this only lasts over one summer]] (leading to an EsotericHappyEnding, especially in her early books) or comes and goes unexpectedly.

* UptightLovesWild or [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream... Something]]: Many of her stories have intelligent, imaginative children in oppressive life circumstances. They encounter something or (usually) someone who is extremely unusual and possibly unearthly, who introduces them to amazing possibilities in themselves and in life. Often [[ButNowIMustGo this only lasts over one summer]], or comes and goes unexpectedly.

* BigFancyHouse: Often slightly (or more than slightly) decrepit and filled with stories of better days. In ''Season of Ponies'' (1966) it's a huge, well-appointed but gloomy farmhouse. In ''The Changeling'' (1970) there are two. Ivy Carson's home had belonged to her mother's wealthy Hispanic family before they were evicted and bankrupted by a freeway overpass. Her mother became an alcoholic and married Mr. Carson, who tried to remodel the place and ended up ruining it for good. The other house, where the little girls learn the tragic story of Annabelle, is a burnt-out shell[[note]]Snyder's poem "Silent Hill" tells this story also[[/note]].In ''The Velvet Room'' (1965) a huge old house is simply boarded up and dusty save for one room, the library nicknamed in the title, although at the end of the story there are plans to reopen it as a museum.

* BigFancyHouse: Often slightly (or more than slightly) decrepit and filled with stories of better days. In ''Season of Ponies'' (1966) it's a huge, well-appointed but gloomy farmhouse. In ''The Changeling'' (1970) there are two. Ivy Carson's home had belonged to her mother's wealthy Hispanic family before they were evicted and bankrupted by a freeway overpass. Her mother became an alcoholic and married Mr. Carson, who tried to remodel the place and ended up ruining it for good. The other house, where the little girls learn the tragic story of Annabelle, is a burnt-out shell. In ''The Velvet Room'' (1965) a huge old house is simply boarded up and dusty save for one room, the library nicknamed in the title, although at the end of the story there are plans to reopen it as a museum.

* BigFancyHouse: Often slightly (or more than slightly) decrepit and filled with stories of better days. In ''Season of Ponies'' (1966) it's a huge, well-appointed but gloomy farmhouse. In ''The Changeling'' (1970) there are two. The Carson home had belonged to a wealthy Hispanic family before they were evicted by a freeway overpass. A subsequent attempted remodeling job by Mr. Carson ruined it for good. The other is a burnt-out shell. In ''The Velvet Room'' (1965) it is simply boarded up and dusty save for one room, the library nicknamed in the title, although at the end of the story there are plans to reopen it as a museum.

* BigFancyHouse: Often slightly (or more than slightly) decrepit and filled with stories of better days. In ''Season of Ponies'' (1966) it's a huge, well-appointed but gloomy farmhouse. In ''The Changeling'' (1970) it is a burnt-out shell. In ''The Velvet Room'' (1965) it is simply boarded up and dusty save for one room, the library nicknamed in the title, although at the end of the story there are plans to reopen it as a museum.

* BigFancyHouse: Often slightly (or more than slightly) decrepit and filled with stories of better days. In ''Season of Ponies'' (1966) it's a huge, well-appointed but gloomy farmhouse. In ''The Changeling'' (1970) it is a burnt-out shell. In ''The Velvet Room'' (1965) it is simply boarded up and dusty save for one room, the library nicknamed in the title, although at the end of the story there are plans to reopen it is as a museum.

* BigFancyHouse: Often slightly (or more than slightly) decrepit and filled with stories of better days. In ''Season of Ponies'' (1966) it's a huge, well-appointed but gloomy farmhouse. In ''The Changeling'' (1970) it is a burnt-out shell.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Snyder often keeps you guessing if honest-to-God magic has happened, or serendipitous coincidence.

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