Kay Kenyon is the author of fifteen science fiction and fantasy novels. Her work has been shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick award, the John W. Campbell Memorial award, and the American Library Association Reading List awards. Her two series have garnered repeat starred reviews in Publishers Weekly: The Dark Talent trilogy and The Entire and The Rose quartet. Some of her short stories are compiled in the collection Dystopia: Seven Dark and Hopeful Tales. She is a founding member of the Write on the River organization in Wenatchee Washington.