Biography

Hailed as ‘a sorceress to be reckoned with’ by the New York Times, ‘a national treasure’ by Neil Gaiman’ and ‘inimitable’ by Erin Morgenstern, Kelly Link is one of the most exciting authors writing today. She’s the author of the collections White Cat, Black Dog, Get in Trouble, Pretty Monsters, Magic for Beginners and Stranger Things Happen. Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Best American Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a 2018 MacArthur Fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She and her husband, Gavin J. Grant, have co-edited a number of anthologies, including multiple volumes of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and, for young adults, Steampunk! and Monstrous Affections. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press and co-edits the occasional zine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. Link was born in Miami, Florida. She currently lives with her husband and daughter, dog, and chickens in Massachusetts, where they also own and run Book Moon, an independent bookstore.