Healer Anja knows little of politics but much of poisons. When she is summoned to treat the mysterious illness afflicting the king’s daughter, she finds herself against the clock, desperate to track down the source of the poison killing Princess Snow. But the chance discovery of a strange alternate world inside a magic mirror leads Anja to darker discoveries, including what really happened to Snow’s dead sister, Rose, and why their mother seemingly went mad and cut out her heart.
Aided by a taciturn bodyguard, a narcissistic cat, and a late Renaissance understanding of the scientific method, Anja must navigate the mysteries of the mirror world before the dark queen that dwells within rises to threaten them all.
Healer Anja knows little of politics but much of poisons. When she is summoned to treat the mysterious illness afflicting the king’s daughter, she finds herself against the clock, desperate to track down the source of the poison killing Princess Snow. But the chance discovery of a strange alternate world inside a magic mirror leads Anja to darker discoveries, including what really happened to Snow’s dead sister, Rose, and why their mother seemingly went mad and cut out her heart.
Aided by a taciturn bodyguard, a narcissistic cat, and a late Renaissance understanding of the scientific method, Anja must navigate the mysteries of the mirror world before the dark queen that dwells within rises to threaten them all.
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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.
