An avid reader, TAMORA PIERCE has written everything from novels to radio plays. Her novels have been translated into eleven languages, and some are available as audiobooks from Listening Library and Full Cast Audio. This is the first time her short fiction has been collected.

She lives in Syracuse, New York, with her husband, Tim, a writer, Web page designer, and Web administrator. They share their home with a myriad of critters, none of whom breathe fire, to their knowledge.