BIO: Leigh Bardugo was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated from Yale with a B.A. in English and has written for Jump, New Mass Media, LA Weekly, and Fox.com. As a makeup artist, she creates glamour and ghouls under the name L.B. Benson. When not writing or bringing lip gloss to the masses, she hunts lovely unnecessaries in the craft fairs of Southern California and sings with Captain Automatic. Follow her on twitter or visit her at LeighBardugo.com.
DEBUT: SHADOW AND BONE (Holt Children's/Macmillan, June 5th 2012)
Inspired by Tsarist Russia, SHADOW AND BONE brings to life a fantasy world of superstition and science, saints and samovars, in which a lonely refugee must leave behind her best friend- and first love- to save her country from the growing darkness of the Unsea. But first she must contend with the dangerous and decadent world of the kingdom’s magical elite and their powerful leader, a creature of dark charm and deadly ambition.
FIVE SURVIVAL GUIDES FOR THE APOCALYPSE:
I Before Argh: Speak Fluent Zombie Fast!
Bunker Living
Of Mice and Mutants
So You Want to Start a Militia
The 5th Horseman: Ennui
