Nicole Kornher-Stace was born in Philadelphia in 1983, moved from the East Coast to the West Coast and back again by the time she was five, and currently lives in New Paltz, NY, with one husband, two ferrets, the cutest toddler in the universe, and many many books.

Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best American Fantasy, Clockwork Phoenix 3, Apex, and Fantasy Magazine. Her poem “The Changeling Always Wins” placed 2nd in the 2010 short form Rhysling Award, and her short fiction has been longlisted for the British Fantasy Awards and nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

She is the author of one novel, Desideria (Prime, 2008); her featured poems from the Summer 2009 issue of Goblin Fruit are collected in the lusciously-illustrated chapbook Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties (Goblin Fruit, 2009); and her short book The Winter Triptych is forthcoming from Papaveria Press in February 2011.

Works in progress include a mythpunk/steampunk novel with a Lady Explorer, a fake Tarot, a revolution, and a possessed airship; and a post-apocalyptic Golden Bough novel with ghost-hunting historians, ritualized gladiatorial combat, and a descent into the underworld.

For further miscellany, check out her blog.