I was born in Albany, New York (upstate New York is where THORN JACK takes place and it's very spooky)and now live in Sarasota, FL. I attended art college in Minneapolis, Minnesota before attempting life as a painter. I've been writing since I was fifteen and juggling a few jobs while doing it. I've had short stories published in small press magazines such as Not One of Us. I wrote THORN JACK, my first published novel, when I was seventeen -- as well as many, many other things over the years -- and took it out of the trunk (a literal trunk) two years ago, dusted it off, and made it new again. THORN JACK is the first in The Night and Nothing series, with BRIAR QUEEN out June 2015 and NETTLE KING due in 2016. My website is www.katherineharbour.com