New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small-town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. Ms Carriger then travelled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag. She now resides in the Colonies, surrounded by fantastic shoes, where she insists on tea imported directly from London. Find out more about the author at gailcarriger.com.

Feisty Rue will have you hooked on her and her bizarre worldIt's easy to get swept along with the world Carriger has created, as her love of the genre is obvious and infectious . . . great funDelicious rapier wit that recalls Austen and P. G. WodehouseCarriger debuts brilliantly with a blend of Victorian romance, screwball comedy of manners and alternate history

New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small-town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. Ms Carriger then travelled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag. She now resides in the Colonies, surrounded by fantastic shoes, where she insists on tea imported directly from London. Find out more about the author at gailcarriger.com.

Feisty Rue will have you hooked on her and her bizarre worldIt's easy to get swept along with the world Carriger has created, as her love of the genre is obvious and infectious . . . great funDelicious rapier wit that recalls Austen and P. G. WodehouseCarriger debuts brilliantly with a blend of Victorian romance, screwball comedy of manners and alternate history

New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small-town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. Ms Carriger then travelled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag. She now resides in the Colonies, surrounded by fantastic shoes, where she insists on tea imported directly from London. Find out more about the author at gailcarriger.com.

Feisty Rue will have you hooked on her and her bizarre worldIt's easy to get swept along with the world Carriger has created, as her love of the genre is obvious and infectious . . . great funDelicious rapier wit that recalls Austen and P. G. WodehouseCarriger debuts brilliantly with a blend of Victorian romance, screwball comedy of manners and alternate history