Catherynne M. Valente is a "New York Times" bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction novels, short stories, and poetry.She has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards, and has won the Locus and Andre Norton award. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her husband, two dogs, one enormous cat, a less enormous cat, six chickens, a red accordion, an uncompleted master s degree, a roomful of yarn, a spinning wheel with ulterior motives, a cupboard of jam and pickles, a bookshelf full of folktales, an industrial torch, an Oxford English Dictionary, an...