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""In the tradition of great modern fantasists like Angela Carter and Marina Warner, Theodora Goss's sublime tales are modern classics-beautiful, sly, sensual and deeply moving."" --Elizabeth Hand, winner of the Mythopoeic, Nebula, Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy Awards ""The elegance of Goss's work has never ceased to amaze me."" --Catherynne M. Valente, winner of the Mythopoeic, Locus, Hugo, Otherwise and Theodore Sturgeon Awards ""Through prose and poetry, Goss shines her unique light into the fairytale forest--and many bright eyes gleam back."" --Margo Lanagan, winner of the Aurealis, Ditmar and World Fantasy Awards Praise for The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel Finalist for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel ""Theodora Goss's splendid debut novel is a whipsmart look at the truths hiding in the stories - Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein, and others--that you might think you know."" --Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot ""As if Charlie's Angels, as written by Mary Shelley, took over the Bluestocking Society, with bonus well-mannered explosions. An utterly delightful, transformative read."" --Fran Wilde, award-winning author of Updraft [STARRED REVIEW] ""A tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight."" --Publishers Weekly ""A pleasure, especially for fans of Victorian detective stories, classic sf and horror literature, and feminist remakes."" --Booklist ""A swiftly paced, immaculately plotted mystery full of winning characters you always thought you knew, as well as ones you would never have imagined."" --NPR ""The brainy, gleefully madcap literary mashup of your dreams."" --B&N SciFi & Fantasy Blog

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World Fantasy, Locus, and Mythopoeic Award-winning author and poet Theodora Goss was born in Hungary, and spent her childhood in various European countries before her family moved to the United States. Goss is the author of the novel trilogy The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, and The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl. Her short story and poetry collections include In the Forest of Forgetting, Songs for Ophelia, and Snow White Learns Witchcraft. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Crawford, and Shirley Jackson Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List. Goss's work has also been translated into fifteen languages. Currently, she teaches at several creative writing workshops, and in written, oral, and visual rhetoric at Boston University. Visit her at theodoragoss.com.

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