Laini Taylor is the Sunday Times bestselling author of the internationally acclaimed Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy and the companion novella, Night of Cake & Puppets. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter Clementine.
WOW. I wish I had written this book. * Patrick Rothfuss * Remarkable and beautifully written . . . The opening volume of a truly original trilogy. * <i>Guardian</i> * The world-building descriptions and language stop your heart and then, like a defibrillator, start it up again. * <i>New York Times</i> * Mesmerising. * <i>Marie Claire</i> *