Possibly both.” The witch decides to follow Lily in her journey beyond the safety of childhood into the dangerous world. The witch simply loses her temper, and tells Lily she is “not ready for Baba’s game.” However, Baba Yaga is intrigued by the “wild magic” in Lily, and thinks: “Such a girl could be very useful. When Lily is unable to foresee the death of the witch, she asks: “Are you death or life?” Like other central characters in fairy tales, she is given magical gifts (from her late father) and tested by an antagonist, the witch Baba Yaga from Russian folklore. Thus begins the coming-of-age story of Lily, who has always lived happily in a seaside village with her mother and her fisherman father until his death changes her life. “On the morning of her thirteenth birthday, Lily kissed her father and knew he would be dead by nightfall.” He was also nominated for a Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award (for his novel The Dollhouse That Time Forgot). His work has been nominated for 14 Lambda Literary Awards, twice winning for Best Humor Book, twice for Best Romance Novel, and once for Best Mystery. He is also the author of the Sickening Adventures series of books featuring popular contestants from RuPaul's Drag Race.Īs a writer for young adults he is the author of the novels Suicide Notes, Z, and Love & Other Curses, and under the name Isobel Bird he wrote the popular 'Circle of Three' series. His novel Lily was a Tiptree Award Longlist title and a finalist for both the Lambda Literary Award and the Shirley Jackson Award. His work for adult readers includes the best-selling novels What We Remember, The Road Home, Changing Tides, Full Circle, Looking for It and Last Summer, and his five essay collections in the 'Trials of My Queer Life' series.

Michael Thomas Ford is the author of more than 75 books in genres ranging from humor to horror, literary fiction to nonfiction.

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