A Knot in the Grain (22 page)

About the Author

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for
The Hero and the Crown
, a Newbery Honor for
The Blue Sword
, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for
Sunshine
. Her other books include the
New York Times
bestseller
Spindle's End
; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale
Beauty and the Beast, Beauty
and
Rose Daughter
;
Deerskin
, another novel-length fairy-tale retelling, of Charles Perrault's
Donkeyskin
; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend,
The Outlaws of Sherwood
. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson; three dogs (two hellhounds and one hellterror); an 1897 Steinway upright; and far too many rosebushes.

All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.

These are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

“The Healer” first appeared in
Elsewhere
, Volume II, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold, published in 1982 by Ace Books.

“The Stagman” first appeared in
Elsewhere
, Volume III, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold, published in 1984 by Ace Fantasy Books/The Berkley Publishing Group.

“Touk's House” first appeared in
Faery!
, edited by Terri Windling, published in 1985 by Ace Fantasy Books/The Berkley Publishing Group.

Copyright © 1982, 1984, 1985, 1994 by Robin McKinley

Cover design by Angela Goddard

ISBN: 978-1-4976-7372-4

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