Marie Brennan is one half of the M.A. Carrick duo, in partnership with her friend Alyc Helms. Under her own name, she is the author of the Hugo Award-nominated Victorian adventure series The Memoirs of Lady Trent along with several other series, over seventy short stories, and the New Worlds series of worldbuilding guides. She recently misapplied the hard work of her anthropology and folklore professors to The Night Parade of 100 Demons and the short novel Driftwood. For more information, visit swantower.com or Twitter @swan_tower.