Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest’s southern gothic novel, Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Tor October 2005), has received rave reviews. Publisher’s Weekly says "The classic Southern gothic gets an edgy modern makeover in Priest’s debut novel" and Charles de Lint says "The narrator’s voice is pitch-perfect. . . . I could hear the mosquitoes. Smell the damp forests. Share the same eerie frisson of the narrator." Her second novel, the sequel Wings to the Kingdom, is slated for publication in 2006. A third book will complete the trilogy in 2007.
For more about Priest, visit her website at http://cherie.twilightuniverse.com/.