Lane Robins is the author of Maledicte and Kings & Assassins, and the romance novel Renovation. Under the name Lyn Benedict, she writes the Shadows Inquiries series. Her short fiction has been published in Strange Horizons, Penumbra, and in Nightmare Magazine. She currently resides in Lawrence, Kansas. To contact her, send email to lanerobins@gmail.com. For more about her and her work, see her website.