K. R. S. McEntire is from the generation that dashed through platform 9 ¾, fell in love with vegetarian vampires and motorcycle-riding werewolves, and took down a corrupt government during the Hunger Games. Her sorting hat placed her in Gryffinpuff (she’s convinced it’s a thing).
McEntire remembers how magical it felt to follow wardrobes into unimaginable worlds, and she hopes to bring that same joy to the next generation. Her earliest introduction to swords, dragons, and mythical kingdoms was playing RPG games alongside her father, and she’s glad that writing allows her to build her own epic worlds.
She runs the Facebook page Diverse Books With Magic, where she promotes diversity in speculative fiction. McEntire lives in Indianapolis with her husband and her two sons.
This short story is set in the world of her current work in progress, That Girl Who Ran Off And Kissed A Vampire, about a human girl who travels to a magical world alongside a trickster vampire. She is the author of the YA dystopian trilogy, The Eden Saga, and the upper YA/NA fantasy, A Dance of Blood and Destiny.
Connect with McEntire online at krsmcentire.com.