April Genevieve Tucholke is the author of Merry and Hark, A Christmas Story (Algonquin 2023), Clandestine (Workman 2023), Beatrice Likes the Dark (Algonquin, 2022), Seven Endless Forests (FSG), The Boneless Mercies (FSG), Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Penguin), and Wink Poppy Midnight (Penguin). Her books have been published in sixteen countries, and have received ten starred reviews. They have been selected for the Junior Library Guild, Kids' Indie Next picks, and YALSA Teens Top Ten. Tucholke currently lives in Savannah, Georgia. She loves coffee, forests, and Gothic cities.