Barth Anderson is the author of two novels, The Patron Saint of Plagues and The Magician and The Fool (both from Random House) and the latter was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 2009. His newest work is The Book of Seven Hands, part of the Foreworld Saga and Mongoliad books, released as an e-book March 19, 2013.Anderson's short stories have appeared in Asimov's, Strange Horizons, and Talebones, and he won the Spectrum Award for Best Short Fiction in 2004 for his short story "Lark Till Dawn, Princess."Anderson is chief blogger at Fair Food Fight, specializing in shaking up the food and ag worlds. He lives in Minneapolis.