Nicole Kornher-Stace is the author of Desideria (Prime, 2008), Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties (Goblin Fruit, 2009), and The Winter Triptych (Papaveria, 2011). Two more novels are in progress: a mythpunk/steampunk mashup, complete with a possessed airship, a pregnant Lady Explorer, a workers' rebellion, and a Fake Tarot; and a post-apocalyptic Golden Bough katabasis not-quite-a-ghost-story. She has contributed fiction regularly to Fantasy, and her other short fiction and poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Clockwork Phoenix 3, Best American Fantasy, and Apex. Her poem "The Changeling Always Wins" placed 2^nd in the 2010 short form Rhysling Award, and her short fiction has been long-listed for the British Fantasy Awards and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She lives in New Paltz, NY, with one husband, two ferrets, one Changeling, and many many books. She can be found online at www.nicolekornherstace.com or wirewalking.livejournal.com.