CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Snowblind, The Ocean Dark, Of Saints and Shadows, The Boys Are Back in Town, and Strangewood. He has co-written four illustrated novels with Mike Mignola, the first of which, Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, was the launching pad for the Eisner Award–nominated comic book series Baltimore. An editor, comic book writer, and screenwriter, Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His novels have been published in more than fourteen languages in countries around the world.