Angela Slatter has won a World Fantasy Award, five Aurealis Awards, and is the only Australian to win a British Fantasy Award. She’s published six story collections (including Sourdough and Other Stories and The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings), has a PhD, and occasionally teaches creative writing. Jo Fletcher Books will publish her debut novel, Vigil, in 2016, with its sequel, Corpselight, coming in 2017.