Pamela Dean is the author of The Secret Country trilogy ("The Secret Country, The Hidden Land", and "The Whim of the Dragon"); "Tam Lin; The Dubious Hills; Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary"; and a handful of short stories. She was born in the Midwest of the USA, and aside from a few aberrant periods spent in upstate New York and Massachusetts, she has stubbornly remained there. She attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, which in a somewhat altered state is the setting for her novel "Tam Lin". She lives in a cluttered duplex in Minneapolis with her chosen family and a variable number...