C.M. Brice was born on an army post in the south of the United States, and since then has lived in Virginia and Germany, where she gained a love of massive, dark forests and grueso...view moreC.M. Brice was born on an army post in the south of the United States, and since then has lived in Virginia and Germany, where she gained a love of massive, dark forests and gruesome fairy tales, before finally settling in the Southwest of the United States.Prior to the publication of The Shadow King, her occupations included whirling up treats in an ice cream shop and hairdressing assistant.She frequently gets misty-eyed reading history and folklore, drinks far too much tea and coffee, collects antiques from the Edwardian Era, and dreams up tragic histories for household objects. Miss Brice is currently at work writing the second book in The Shadow King Sequence and daily strives to serve the Napoleonic whims of the hobgoblin masquerading as her boston terrier.view less