Pretty Monsters

Through the lens of Link's vivid imagination, nothing is what it seems, and everything deserves a second look. Now in her first YA story collection, Link delivers stories that are funny and full of unexpected insights and skewed perspectives on the world. Illustrations.

Kelly Link is the author of two other collections, Stranger Things Happen and Magic for Beginners. Her short stories have won three Nebulas, a Hugo, and a World Fantasy Award. She was born in Miami, Florida, and once won a free trip around the world by answering the question "Why do you want to go around the world?". ("Because you can't go through it.")

Link lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she and her husband, Gavin J. Grant, run Small Beer Press, co-edit various anthologies, and play Ping-Pong. In 1996 they started the occasional zine Lady Churchill's Rose-bud Wristlet. Her Web site is www.kellylink.net.
Shaun Tan grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. His book The Arrival, a wordless story about a migrant traveling to a strange new country, received multiple starred reviews, an Honorable Mention at the Bologna International Book Fair, and a World Fantasy Award, and was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book in addition to being a Times bestseller. His most recent book is Tales from Outer Suburbia.

Shaun Tan lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his partner, Inari Kiuru, and a small yellow parrot. His Web site is www.shauntan.net.