Kat Howard’s short fiction has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, anthologized in best of and annual best of collections, and performed on NPR. You can find it in her collection, A Cathedral of Myth and Bone. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Roses and Rot and the Alex Award–winning An Unkindness of Magicians. She is also one of the writers of the Books of Magic series, set in the Sandman Universe. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and you can find her on twitter at @KatWithSword.
"Kat Howard is a remarkable young writer, and she's written a
powerful first novel, as strong as Emma Bull's War For The Oaks.
This is a book about family, about the price we’re willing to pay
for art, and the strange music and haunting glades of faerie."
*, bestselling author of American Gods and The Ocean at the End of
the Lane*
Howard weaves a dark and enticing tale of sisterly bonds,
fairypromises, and the price of artistic success in this lushly
written debutfantasy set in the present-day U.S. As a child, Imogen
was certain that nofairy tale stepmother could possibly be crueler
than her own mother, acontrolling tyrant. Fortunately, Imogen and
her younger sister, Marin, escapedto pursue their dreams: Imogen as
a writer, Marin a dancer. After seven yearsapart, the women are
reunited when both are selected to be fellows at Melete,
aprestigious artist colony in rural New Hampshire. Melete’s
fantastical campusseems perfect, but the sisters learn it’s hiding
an extraordinary secret:Melete’s creative energy feeds the Fair
Folk. Every seven years, the mostpromising Fellow is taken to live
in Faery—and Imogen and Marin are shortlistedfor this dubious
honor. Howard’s characters are deftly drawn, and her writingis
seductive as fairy magic. This story will resonate with readers
long afterthe last page.
*April 4, 2016*
The realm of fairy tales meets the harsh world of the Fae in this
starkly enticing debut. With undercurrents of darkness in the midst
of the beauty of the arts, this is a Brothers Grimm tale for the
contemporary reader.
*March 15th, 2016*
“Captivating, fiercely smart (about sisters, artists), utterly
transporting. I read it so consumingly, it was more akin to
swallowing it whole. Not to be missed.”
*, Edgar-winning author of The Fever and You Will Know Me*
“A contemporary dark fantasy full of dark magic, the hidden traps
of fairy tales, and painful humanity. I loved every page.”
*, New York Times bestselling author, Dead Ringers and
Snowblind*
“Kat Howard seems to possess a magic of her own, of making
characters come alive and scenery so vivid, you forget it exists
only on the page. Roses and Rot is both beautiful and dark, lovely,
and haunting."
*, Politics and Prose Bookstore*
"Lyrical writing."
*, Booklist*
"This book is a love letter about creating art, directed at artists
and creators in general and to the specific stories and authors
that have preceded it—from Narnia to Angela Carter, Tam Lin to The
Little Mermaid, from Ray Bradbury to Ellen Kushner to Delia Sherman
to Neil Gaiman to Terry Pratchett to Maria Tatar."
*, Kirkus Reviews*
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