Leah Erickson is the author of the novels "The Brambles" (2017) "Blythe of the Gates"(2018) and "The Gilded Lynx.(2019) She is the recipient of the 2018 Independent Press Award and the Independent Book Award, as well as a silver medal from the Reader's Favorite Awards. Her short fiction has appeared in many magazines and journals in print and online, including The Fabulist, Pantheon Magazine, The Saint Ann's Review, Eclectica, The Coachella Review, and many...