A nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer presents a selection of her outstanding short stories, including "Praxis," "The Popular Street Study," and "The Gate of Ghosts"

Karen Joy Fowler is the author of four earlier novels and two short story collections. Her debut novel, Sarah Canary, was a New York Times Notable Book, as was her second novel, The Sweetheart Season. Fowler's short story collection Black Glass won the World Fantasy Award in 1999. Fowler and her husband, who have two grown children, live in Davis and Santa Cruz, California.