Catherynne M. Valente

Novelist, Poet & Literary Critic: The Orphan’s Tales series

Catherynne is a Tiptree-, Andre Norton-, and Mythopoeic Award-winning novelist, poet, and literary critic. Her debut novel, The Labyrinth, was a Locus Recommended Book, and her subsequent novels have been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Locus awards. She has also published five books of poetry and won the Rhysling Award for speculative poetry.