Emily Lavin Leverett is an author, editor, and scholar. She is the author of the paranormal romance series The Wolf and the Nun based on the life and stories of 12th century abbess Marie de France: The Wolf and the Cloister, The Enchanted Rose, and The Song of the Black Wolf are out now, and An Honorable Love will be out in early 2023. She is the co-author of the contemporary fantasy series The Eisteddfod Chronicles: Changeling’s Fall, Winter’s Heir, and Traitor’s Spring are out now! Summer’s Regent, and A Queen for all Seasons will be out in 2023. She is the co-editor of several volumes of short stories including the kickstarted volumes Predators in Petticoats, Lawless Lands: Tales from the Weird Frontier, and The Weird Wild West; she also co-edited The Big Bad Volumes I and II. She has published multiple short stories as well. As a medievalist, she has published articles on medieval romance, medievalism and Terry Pratchett, and Shakespeare in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. She is the co-editor of the scholarly collection Terry Pratchett’s Ethical Worlds. She is working on an article about the intersection of her fiction writing in The Wolf and the Nun and her studies as a medieval scholar and academic. She lives in North Carolina with her spouse and three cats, all of whom are avid Carolina Hurricanes fans. (The 2022 playoff wounds are still a bit fresh this weekend!)