About the Author

Actress, playwright, and author Leanna Renee Hieber aims to be a gateway drug to nineteenth-century classics. She graduated with a BFA in Theatre and a focus in the Victorian Era. Her debut novel, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, hit Barnes & Noble’s bestseller lists, won two 2010 Prism Awards for Best Fantasy and Best First Book, and is currently in development as a musical theatre production. Darker Still: A Novel of Magic Most Foul was named an Indie Next List title by the American Booksellers Association and a Highly Recommended title by Scholastic Book Fairs. Her books have been translated into several languages, and her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies. Look for her new Gaslamp Fantasy series THE ETERNA FILES coming 2013. A proud member of actors unions AEA and SAG-AFTRA, Leanna works often in film and television and does a whole lot of guest speaking dressed in full Gothic Victorian regalia. A perky Goth girl who loves nothing more than a really good ghost story and/or BBC series, Leanna owns far more corsets and bustles than is reasonable. She resides in New York City with her real-life hero and their beloved rescued lab rabbit. Visit her at www.leannareneehieber.com and follow her on Twitter @LeannaRenee.