The Drowning Girl (44 page)

Caitlín R. Kiernan
is the author of nine novels, including
Daughter of Hounds
,
The Red Tree
, and
The
Drowning Girl: A Memoir
. Her award-winning short fiction has been collected in several volumes, including
Tales of Pain and Wonder
;
To Charles Fort, with Love
;
Alabaster
;
The Ammonite Violin & Others
;
A is for Alien
; and the forthcoming
Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart
. Two volumes of her erotica have been published,
Frog Toes and Tentacles
and
Tales from the Woeful Platypus
. In 2011, Subterranean Press published
Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan (Volume One)
. Volume Two will follow in 2014. She is a four-time nominee for the World Fantasy Award, a two-time nominee for the Shirley Jackson Award, and has been recognized by the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. Trained as a vertebrate paleontologist, she currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island. She’s heard many sirens, and spoken with many WOLVES.