Foxfeather Zenkova, who told me everything I wanted to know about reindeer, including the clacking tendons in their feet and what they smell like.
Heli Kinnunen, a Finnish folklore major and Helpful General Consultant on All Things Finnish. Every tidbit in the book about food, weather, vegetation, neat tidbits of folklore, etc, that I got right is entirely due to her. (Many things are probably still wrong. She says I needed more sauna. She was probably right.)
Niina Siivikko, Finnish-Sámi cultural historian, who went over the bits with Livli with a fine-toothed comb at my request. Anything I got right with regards to accent marks and proper cultural artifacts are due to her kind input.
All three of these people took time out of their busy schedules to share their expertise with me, and I am so very grateful.
My husband, the love of my life, who has to read these books up to five times, whenever I’ve hit the oh god this shames my ancestors point of the writing process. I cannot overstate his contribution. Also, he brings me German chocolate cake when a book is done and I am trying to figure out what to do with my life.
And finally, of course, my readers, of both books and social media, without whom I’d be trying to write books in the spare time between digging ditches and crying into my beer. Thank you, thank you, a thousand times, thank you!
T. Kingfisher
Pittsboro, NC
February 2016
OTHER WORKS
As T. Kingfisher
Nine Goblins (Goblinhome Book 1)
Toad Words & Other Stories
The Seventh Bride
Bryony & Roses
As Ursula Vernon
From Sofawolf Press:
Black Dogs Duology
House of Diamond
Digger Series
Digger Omnibus Edition
It Made Sense At The Time
For kids:
Dragonbreath Series
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible
Castle Hangnail
Nurk: The Strange Surprising Adventures of a Somewhat Brave Shrew
Comics Squad: Recess!
T. Kingfisher is a pen-name for the Hugo-Award winning author and illustrator Ursula Vernon.
Ms. Kingfisher lives in North Carolina with her husband, garden, and disobedient pets. Using Scrivener only for e-books, she chisels the bulk of her drafts into the walls of North Carolina's ancient & plentiful ziggurats. She is fond of wombats and sushi, but not in the same way.
You can find links to all these books, new releases, artwork, rambling blog posts, links to podcasts and more information about the author at
www.tkingfisher.com