Delia Sherman writes short stories and novels for adults and young readers. Several of her short stories have been nominated for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. The Freedom Maze received the Andre Norton Award, the Mythopoeic Award, and the Prometheus Award. Her most recent projects include The Evil Wizard Smallbone and the Realm series Whitehall in collaboration with Liz Duffy Adams. She has taught at Clarion, the Hollins University Program in Children's Literature, and Odyssey, as well as numerous con writing workshops. She can write almost anywhere, but prefers cafes and comfy sofas near a source of tea. She lives in New York City with her wife Ellen Kushner and many books, most of which at least one of them has read. Besides writing and reading other people's manuscripts, favorite occupations are travel, knitting, cooking, and having fun adventures.