Kimberley A Shaw shares a hundred-year-old house in Boston MA with her fellow-librarian spouse and a pack of feather-stealing chowder-eating cats. Born hard of hearing, she didn't fall in love with American Sign Language until after completing mainstreamed public school, Mount Holyoke College (BA), and Simmons College (MLS). She enjoys playing trumpet, travelling, and collecting books in too many languages. A Handful of Spells is her first novel, with a second one, also set in Salem, currently in draft.