ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GEMMA FILES
Gemma Files was born in London, England and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her story “The Emperor’s Old Bones” won the 1999 International Horror Guild award for Best Short Fiction. She has published two collections of short work (Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart, both Prime Books) and two chapbooks of poetry (Bent Under Night, Sinnersphere Productions, and Dust Radio, from Kelp Queen Press). A Book of Tongues is her first novel, and will be followed by a sequel, A Rope of Thorns. Find out more about her at http://musicatmidnight-gfiles.blogspot.com/.