Stephanie Kemler is a creator of magical menace, purveyor of alchemical prose, and the author of Bloodborn, Bloodmad, and The Year of Sin and Smoke. She writes stories that feed on the veins of tormented souls and pierce into the dark recesses of known and unknown worlds. Stephanie completed her degree in history and creative writing at Case Western Reserve University and has spent most of her professional career teaching language, theology, and history. When she’s not exploring graveyards and reading in fairytale forests, she resides with her family near a haunted Gilded Age mansion in Philadelphia.