Ever since childhood, Emma Jane Holloway refused to accept that history was nothing but facts prisoned behind the closed door of time. Why waste a perfectly good playground coloring within the timelines? Accordingly, her novels are filled with whimsical impossibilities and the occasional eye-blinking impertinence—but always in the service of grand adventure.

Struggling between the practical and the artistic—a family tradition, along with ghosts and a belief in the curative powers of shortbread—Emma Jane has a degree in literature and job in finance. She lives in the Pacific Northwest in a house crammed with books, musical instruments, and half-finished sewing projects.

Emma Jane Holloway is the USA Today Bestselling author of steampunk and fantasy novels, including the Baskerville Affair and Hellion House series. She lives in the Pacific Northwest in a house crammed with cats, books, musical instruments, and half-finished sewing projects.