T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher is the adult-fiction pen name of the American writer and illustrator Ursula Vernon, born on 28 May 1977. A Hugo Award winner as a webcomic artist for Digger, she adopted the T. Kingfisher name for darker fantasy and horror aimed at grown-up readers. Her novels and novellas include Nettle & Bone and Thornhedge — both Hugo Award winners — as well as Swordheart, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, What Moves the Dead and What Feasts at Night. Under her real name she also writes children's fiction, notably the Dragonbreath and Hamster Princess series.