MARGARET PINARD has spent her first few decades traveling the globe in search of adventures to incorporate into her writing, including living in the lands of the Celts, the cities of European fashion, and several dolce far niente Mediterranean cultures. She loves research and will use any excuse to learn about Celtic cultures and the 19th century. She is a keen and omnivorous reader, a traveller who loves to plan, and a lover of song and dance in many forms. Her novels include The Keening, The Grasping Root, and Storm Wrack & Spindrift, which make up the historical drama series, Remnants; Memory's Hostage, a historical mystery; and Dulci's Legacy, a YA mystery/fantasy hybrid. She resides in Portland, OR. Find out more at www.margaretpinard.com.