Gail Carriger has multiple NYT bestsellers and over a million books in print in dozens of different languages. She writes steampunk comedies of manners, urban fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. She is best known for the Parasol Protectorate and Finishing School series. She was once an archaeologist and is fond of shoes, octopuses, and tea.
""The writing is beautiful. The pace is perfect. Never once did I feel like I was trying to catch up to the story or that something ended too fast, or dragged on too long. The world building is perfection. The Dyesi culture, the Gods, the various races brought together and their biases and prejudices ... not everyone is good or kind, but that doesn't make them wrong or bad."" Elizabeth for Joyfully Jay (Divinity 36) ""The alien-ness felt so real somehow, and I was so completely engrossed in the story it's not even funny."" Reflections Of a Swede (Divinity 36) ""Gail Carriger's imagination takes center stage in Divinity 36, her homage to space operas, the highs and pitfalls of ultimate competition, and the celebration of home, friendship, found family, and the stirrings of first love."" The Novel Approach ""It hits you in the feels, makes you laugh and cry, and makes you think about matters of family, kin, and the heart."" BookRiot (The 5th Gender) ""Be it sci-fi, paranormal, or steampunk...Carriger is a master at crafting characters that leap off the page and into the readers imagination."" Love Bytes (The 5th Gender) ""Behind the delightful whimsy and snarky observations, there is a great deal of heart and soul..."" RT Book Review (Prudence)