Vanessa is the first self-published author to win a Nebula Award. She’s a Halloween enthusiast and a bookish geek who loves dragons, astronomy, and travel. If she’s not hibernating, she can be found in her butterfly garden, achieving her final form as a garden witch. She lives in Waterloo (no, the other one) with her spouse, daughter and very good dogs. Her self-published books are available everywhere except Amazon, and her short story “Billionaire's Tears” appears in Escape Pod. To learn more, visit her website thodestool.ca or follow her on social media @VRicciThode