The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, ISBN 1481466534, Saga Press (release date 10 July 2018) Simon & Schuster Audio (release date 10 July 2018).

Works Books The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club Her 2019 short story 'How to Become a Witch-Queen' was nominated for the 2020 Shirley Jackson Award for short fiction. Her 2017 novel The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter was a nominee for the 2018 Nebula Award and the 2018 Compton Crook Award for best first novel. In 2008, her story 'Singing of Mount Abora' won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. She won the 2017 Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem for 'Rose Child' and the 2004 Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem for 'Octavia is Lost in the Hall of Masks'.

Theodora Goss's writing has been nominated for the 2017 Locus Award for 'Red as Blood and White as Bone,' the 2015 Mythopoeic Award for 'Songs for Ophelia', the 2011 Locus Award for 'The Mad Scientist's Daughter,' the 2008 Mythopoeic Award for 'In the Forest of Forgetting', the 2007 Nebula Award for 'Pip and the Fairies', and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for 'The Wings of Meister Wilhelm'. Goss's debut novel, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, was published by Saga Press in June 2017, and a sequel, European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, was published by Saga Press in July 2018. She has been a contributor to many publications including, Apex Magazine, Clarkesworld Magazine, The Journal of Mythic Arts, Exotic Gothic, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, The Year's Best Fantasy, The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens, Best New Fantasy, Polyphony, Realms of Fantasy, Alchemy, Strange Horizons and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, and wrote an introduction to Mike Allen's book Disturbing Muses. She teaches at Boston University and at the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing. in English from Boston University She is also a graduate of the Odyssey and Clarion writing workshops, and sold her first published story, 'The Rose in Twelve Petals,' while a student at Clarion.

Theodora Goss was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States as a child. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Year's Best volumes. Her writing has been nominated for major awards, including the Nebula, Locus, Mythopoeic, World Fantasy, and Seiun Awards.

Theodora Goss (born September 30, 1968) is a Hungarian-American fiction writer and poet.

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (2017).

The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss