Myrlin A. Hermes started reading Shakespeare at the age of nine and has since played a variety of Shakespearean roles onstage. She published her first novel, Careful What You Wish For, at the age of 23. She graduated from Reed College at the age of 20 with a double major in English and Theater; in 2004, she was awarded a Film & Fiction Scholarship from the Institute for Humane Studies and went to London to study creative writing with Poet Laureate Andrew Motion. For The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet she won the Arch and Bruce Brown Fiction Prize. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Books by Myrlin A. Hermes

The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet

by Myrlin A. Hermes