Susann Cokal’s novels are The Kingdom of Little Wounds, which won a Michael L. Printz Honor from the American Library Association, Mirabilis, Mermaid Moon, and Breath and Bones. Her occasionally award-winning short fiction, essays, and articles have appeared in literary journals and magazines such as Cincinnati Review, Electric Lit, Prairie Schooner, Broad Street, Gargoyle, Gemini, The Journal, Writers on the Job, and The New York Times Book Review. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.