Kimberly Bea is the author of mythology and fable-inspired fiction, including The Changeling Queen and The Curse of Feathers. A member of the Society for the Promotion of Speculative Fiction, her shorter work has been published in the anthologies Den of Thieves and Spring: Dreams and Nightmares and poetry in the anthology Nothing But Red. She is a social historian and lifelong feminist with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Ancient History with comparative fields in medieval history and the ancient Near East. A native of California, she lived in Minneapolis for 25 years before moving back to her home state. Visit her online at KimberlyBea.com.