About the Author

T. Kingfisher is the vaguely absurd pen-name of Ursula Vernon, an author from North Carolina. In another life, she writes children's books and weird comics. She has been nominated for the World Fantasy and the Eisner, and has won the Hugo, Sequoyah, Nebula, Alfie, WSFA, C�yotl, and Ursa Major awards, as well as a half-dozen Junior Library Guild selections. This is the name she uses when writing things for grown-ups. Her work includes multiple fairy-tale retellings and odd little stories about elves and goblins. When she is not writing, she is probably out in the garden, trying to make eye contact with butterflies. www.redwombatstudio.com

Reviews

"Dive in...if you are looking to be charmed and delighted."
-- LOCUS
"...[A] knack for creating colorful, instantly memorable characters, and inhuman creatures capable of inspiring awe
and wonder."
-- NPR BOOKS
"The writing. It is superb. T. Kingfisher, where have you been all my life?"
-- THE BOOK SMUGGLERS