Nebula-nominated Beth Cato is the author of the Clockwork Dagger duology and the Blood of Earth Trilogy from Harper Voyager. Her newest novel is Call of Fire.Cato is a Hanford, California native transplanted to the Arizona desert, where she lives with her husband, son, and requisite cat.
One of the author's top five fantasy novels set in the Pacific Northwest, as shared at Tor.com:
Karen Memory by Elizabeth BearRead about the other entries on the list.
Bear mashed together 19th century versions of San Francisco, Vancouver, and (most prominently) Seattle in her setting of Rapid City, home to Karen Memery, a “seamstress” of a high class bordello.
Rapid City is a vivid place, a town enduring growing pains as the Alaskan gold rush spurs change and pushes through transients–via naval vessels and airships–on their way to the far north. This is Weird West steampunk embodied with Pacific Northwestern mustiness and mud. Karen’s distinct voice tells a tale of action, intrigue, and extraordinary inventions.
--Marshal Zeringue
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