JOHANNA VAN VEEN grew up in the Netherlands with her two sisters. She received an MA in English Literature with a specialization in early modern literature, as well as an MA Book and Digital Media with a specialization in early modern book history. She enjoys spending time with her girlfriend, her sisters, and her dog, though not necessarily all at the same time.
""A new gothic masterpiece. Blood on Her Tongue is decadent, full of gore and rot, and viscerally, relentlessly engaging. I devoured this one. Once you've tasted a little, you'll need more, then more, then more..."" -- CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly and American Rapture ""Dark, visceral, and deliciously disturbing--van Veen has woven a tale that feels like a brand new 19th century classic, bristling with gothic horror and mounting dread."" -- C. E. McGill, author of Our Hideous Progeny ""Gruesome, at times unhinged and deeply beautiful, Blood on Her Tongue is morbid in the best sense of the word. A vital addition to the gothic genre that will make you shudder with both pleasure and fear."" -- Katrina Monroe, author of Through the Midnight Door ""Johanna Van Veen weaves a seductively gruesome horror yarn with Blood on Her Tongue. Every page is dripping with gothic dread and undead yearning, and I couldn't devour it fast enough."" -- Brian McAuley, author of Curse of the Reaper ""Chilling in its intimacy, this tale of monsters and monstrous love is a gorgeous gothic treat. I drank up every delicious word."" -- Jennifer Thorne, USA Today bestselling author of Diavola and Lute ""Johanna van Veen's artful and cunning use of the sublime will pull you into a sisterly web of terror, beauty, and horror, all of it sensual and dripping with the idea that death should be a kind of mutilation."" -- Nicholas Belardes, author of The Deading