The hardcover edition features a foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him.
But more than simple eccentricity sets her mother apart. Other mothers don’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless for hours, sometimes days, on end. Other mothers aren’t evil sorcerers.
When her mother unexpectedly moves them into the manor home of a wealthy older Squire and his kind but keen-eyed sister, Hester, Cordelia knows this welcoming pair are to be her mother's next victims. But Cordelia feels at home for the very first time among these people, and as her mother's plans darken, she must decide how to face the woman who raised her to save the people who have become like family.
The hardcover edition features a foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him.
But more than simple eccentricity sets her mother apart. Other mothers don’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless for hours, sometimes days, on end. Other mothers aren’t evil sorcerers.
When her mother unexpectedly moves them into the manor home of a wealthy older Squire and his kind but keen-eyed sister, Hester, Cordelia knows this welcoming pair are to be her mother's next victims. But Cordelia feels at home for the very first time among these people, and as her mother's plans darken, she must decide how to face the woman who raised her to save the people who have become like family.
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Award-winning dark fantasy, horror, and reimagined fairy tales have established a broad readership for speculative fiction that balances eerie folklore with pragmatic humor. The Hugo Award-winning novel Nettle & Bone stands among the most recognized adult works created under the pen name T. Kingfisher, the adults-focused moniker of author and illustrator Ursula Vernon.
Before publishing adult fiction under this name, Vernon earned widespread acclaim for her epic webcomic Digger, which won both a Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story and a Mythopoeic Award, as well as her bestselling children's series Dragonbreath and Hamster Princess.
Raised in Oregon and Arizona by an artist mother, Vernon initially studied anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota before pursuing a full-time career in writing and illustration. After living in Minnesota for ten years and later in North Carolina, she relocated to New Mexico, where she lives with her husband and his chickens. To distinguish her dark fantasy and gothic horror for mature audiences from her children's books, she adopted the pseudonym T. Kingfisher.
Kingfisher's fiction across multiple formats has earned prominent industry honors. Her short story Jackalope Wives won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and her novelette The Tomato Thief earned the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Her adult novels and novellas have additionally won Locus, Dragon, and WSFA Small Press awards, along with nominations for the World Fantasy and Eisner awards.
Kingfisher's narrative style frequently subverts classic fairy tales, folkloric tropes, and gothic conventions by filtering them through realistic, highly practical character viewpoints. Works such as Thornhedge reframe Sleeping Beauty from an unexpected perspective, while books like Bryony and Roses, The Seventh Bride, and The Raven and the Reindeer reinterpret Beauty and the Beast, Bluebeard, and The Snow Queen. Her gothic horror novels, including What Moves the Dead and A House With Good Bones, blend unsettling atmospheres with natural history, entomology, and botanical detail.
Across her catalog, Kingfisher pairs sinister premises with dry humor, common sense, and grounded heroines. Her stories routinely feature non-traditional protagonists, reluctant heroes, and loyal animal companions navigating treacherous magical environments.
10 books in catalog
Award-winning dark fantasy, horror, and reimagined fairy tales have established a broad readership for speculative fiction that balances eerie folklore with pragmatic humor. The Hugo Award-winning novel Nettle & Bone stands among the most recognized adult works created under the pen name T. Kingfisher, the adults-focused moniker of author and illustrator Ursula Vernon.
Before publishing adult fiction under this name, Vernon earned widespread acclaim for her epic webcomic Digger, which won both a Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story and a Mythopoeic Award, as well as her bestselling children's series Dragonbreath and Hamster Princess.
Raised in Oregon and Arizona by an artist mother, Vernon initially studied anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota before pursuing a full-time career in writing and illustration. After living in Minnesota for ten years and later in North Carolina, she relocated to New Mexico, where she lives with her husband and his chickens. To distinguish her dark fantasy and gothic horror for mature audiences from her children's books, she adopted the pseudonym T. Kingfisher.
Kingfisher's fiction across multiple formats has earned prominent industry honors. Her short story Jackalope Wives won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and her novelette The Tomato Thief earned the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Her adult novels and novellas have additionally won Locus, Dragon, and WSFA Small Press awards, along with nominations for the World Fantasy and Eisner awards.
Kingfisher's narrative style frequently subverts classic fairy tales, folkloric tropes, and gothic conventions by filtering them through realistic, highly practical character viewpoints. Works such as Thornhedge reframe Sleeping Beauty from an unexpected perspective, while books like Bryony and Roses, The Seventh Bride, and The Raven and the Reindeer reinterpret Beauty and the Beast, Bluebeard, and The Snow Queen. Her gothic horror novels, including What Moves the Dead and A House With Good Bones, blend unsettling atmospheres with natural history, entomology, and botanical detail.
Across her catalog, Kingfisher pairs sinister premises with dry humor, common sense, and grounded heroines. Her stories routinely feature non-traditional protagonists, reluctant heroes, and loyal animal companions navigating treacherous magical environments.
