Nina Smith writes thrillers and fantasy by the light of the moon, obsesses over graphic art, performs theatrical dance, creates steampunk costumes, looks after a cat and thirty grouchy chickens and occasionally even manages to sleep. She is the author of thrillers Hailstone and Dead Silent, and dark comic fantasy series Shadow, Book 1 Bloody Fairies and Book 2 Keys and Curses. Book 3, Shiny Things, is due out later in 2015.