Leah EricksonLeah Erickson is the author of the novels "The Brambles," (2017) "Blythe of the Gates,"(2018) "The Gilded Lynx," (2019) and "The Vesper Bell." (2022) She is the recipient of the Independent Press Award and the Independent Book Award, as well as a siler medal from the Reader's Favorite Awards, and a Gold Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. She is a 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee. Her short fiction has appeared in many magazines and journals in print and online, including The Brussels Review, The Fabulist, Pantheon Magazine, The Saint Ann's Review, Eclectica, The KGB Bar Literary Journal, The Coachella Review, and many more. She lives in Newport, Rhode Island with her husband and daughter. Read More Read Less