Featherstone, Kathryn T. grew up on Maine's ragged coast, where foghorns and salt marshes seeded a lifelong fascination with liminal places. She studied folklore and environmental humanities at the University of Edinburgh, then worked as a botanical illustrator and adjunct lecturer before turning to fiction. Her stories often braid ecology with myth, exploring how landscapes shape the people who survive them. She lives in Olympia, Washington, with a rescue greyhound and too many pressed ferns. Previous novels include The Sky-Thread Map (2019) and Emberglass Orchard (2021), and her short work has appeared in several fantasy anthologies. When not writing, she volunteers with native plant restoration projects and carves tiny boats out of driftwood.
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