—Alex Bailey. [TLOS I, ch 4, p. 71] The Land of Stories: Wishing Spell is the first children's fiction novel in The Land of Stories series written by Chris Colfer. The book was first published on 17 July, 2012 by Little, Brown and Company (a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.), New York. The Land of Stories follows the story of twins Alex and Conner Bailey as they fall through a magical book into another dimension where all the famous fairy-tale characters live.