“Lackey has created an intelligent, self-possessed heroine.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Fairy Godmother
“Wry and scintillating take on the Cinderella story…Lackey’s tale resonates with charm as magical as the fairy-tale realm she portrays.”
—BookPage on The Fairy Godmother
“Lee’s prose is a waking dream, filled with tropical sensualities.”
—Booklist
“Tanith Lee is an elegant, ironic stylist—one of our very best authors.”
—Locus
“A swift pace, a good mystery, a likable protagonist, magic, danger—Urban Shaman has them in spades.”
—Jim Butcher, author of the best-selling series The Dresden Files
MERCEDES LACKEY
is the author of the Heralds of Valdemar series, the Five Hundred Kingdoms series, plus several other series and stand-alone books. She has collaborated with such luminaries as Marion Zimmer Bradley, Anne McCaffrey and Andre Norton. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, Larry Dixon, and far too many birds. Her next Five Hundred Kingdoms title, One Good Knight, will be available March 2006 from LUNA Books.
TANITH LEE
was born in 1947, in England. Unable to read until she was almost eight, she began to write at the age of nine. To date she has published almost seventy novels, ten short-story collections and well over 200 short stories. Lee has also written for BBC Radio and TV. Her work has won several awards, and has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is married to the writer/artist John Kaiine. Readers can find more information about Lee at www.TanithLee.com or www.daughterofthenight.com.
C.E. MURPHY
holds an utterly impractical degree in English and history. At age six, Catie submitted several poems to an elementary school publication. The teacher producing it chose (inevitably) the one Catie thought was the worst of the three, but he also stopped her in the hall one day and said two words that made an indelible impression: “Keep writing.” It was sound advice, and she’s pretty much never looked back. She lives in Alaska with her husband Ted, roommate Shaun and a number of pets. More information about Catie and her writing can be found at www.cemurphy.net.
New York Times Bestselling Author
Mercedes Lackey
World Fantasy Award Winner Tanith Lee
And C.E. Murphy
www.LUNA-Books.com
First edition November 2005
WINTER MOON
ISBN 1-55254-379-X
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