Lies of a Toymaker

Kelly Ann Jacobson is the author of the queer young adult novel Tink and Wendy, which won the Foreword Reviews INDIES Gold Medal for YA in 2021, as well as the queer young adult novel reimagining Robin and Her Misfits (Three Rooms Press), which was an INDIES finalist. Kelly has published many other books for adults and young adults, including the chapbook An Inventory of Abandoned Things, which won Split/Lip Press's 2020 Chapbook Contest, and the literary speculative fiction novel Weaver (Livingston Press). Her short pieces have been published in Boulevard, Southern Humanities Review, Daily Science Fiction, and many other literary magazines. Kelly is the Assistant Professor of English at the University of Lynchburg and also teaches Completing the Novel for Johns Hopkins's MA in Writing. Kelly received her PhD in Fiction from Florida State University in 2021. She currently lives in Virginia.