Kris Waldherr
Kris Waldherr’s books for adults and children include Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women, The Lost History of Dreams, Bad Princess, Doomed Queens, and The Book of Goddesses. Foreword Reviews calls Unnatural Creatures “an atmospheric, reimagined classic,” while the Historical Novels Review states Unnatural Creatures is “worthy of comparison to Jean Rhys’s Wild Sargasso Sea…a splendid achievement from a writer at the height of her powers.” The Lost History of Dreams received a Kirkus-starred review and was called “an unexpected delight” by Booklist. The New Yorker praised Doomed Queens as “utterly satisfying.” The Book of Goddesses was a One Spirit/Book-of-the-Month Club’s Top Ten Most Popular Book. Her picture book Persephone and the Pomegranate was lauded by The New York Times Book Review for its “quality of myth and magic.” She is also the creator of the Goddess Tarot, which has over a quarter of a million copies in print, and teaches the tarot to writers and other creatives. Kris Waldherr works and lives in Brooklyn.