Larissa Brown writes romantic speculative fiction, as well as books and essays about creativity and knitting. She is the author of Beautiful Wreck, a time travel love story set in 10th century Iceland. Tress - a fantasy-horror novella - is her second book of fiction. Her first novel, Beautiful Wreck, was an All About Romance best book in 2014 and a finalist for the 2015 Book of the Year award from the Independent Author Network. She's hard at work on a companion novel titled So Wild A Dream. She gathers gorgeous and inspiring images and research links on pinterest (larissabrown), and she regularly posts photos of her #writingspot on instagram (larissabrown5855) to share the adventure of writing.Larissa is an avid reader of scifi, gothic romance, time travel literature and knitting stitch dictionaries. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband Martin (also a writer), and her 10-year-old son Sebastian, adorable loser-of-handmade-hats.