Larissa Brown

Larissa Brown writes romantic speculative fiction, and writes books and essays about creativity and knitting. She is also a handknit designer, whose work has been featured in publications such as Jane Austen Knits and Knitty magazine.Her first novel, Beautiful Wreck, was named one of the best books of 2014 by All About Romance, and was a Powell's Books Top 5 pick for that year. The companion novel, also set in her fictional 10th century Iceland, is a duology called So Wild A Dream. She is the author of the novella Tress, a gothic horror fairytale love story, also named by All About Romance as one of 2015's best books.Her knitting books include Knitalong: Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together (co-authored with Martin John Brown) and My Grandmother's Knitting. Larissa shares the adventure of writing on Instagram as @larissabrownauthor, posting photos of her #writingspot and #indieknitdesigner. Her work can be found at www.LarissaBrown.net, and she is the proud owner of the online generator What Does Your Hero Smell Like?