Polly Shulman (www.pollyshulman.com) is the author of┬аThe Grimm Legacy┬а(a Bank Street Best Book and Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Finalist), its companion The Wells Bequest, and Enthusiasm┬а(a┬аNew York Times Book Review┬аEditors' Choice). She has worked as a magazine editor, a newspaper columnist, a library page, and a licensed private investigator. She has written for many newspapers and magazines, including┬аThe New York Times, Discover, Newsday, Salon, Slate,┬аScientific American, Archaeology, and The Village Voice. She majored in math at Yale and grew up in New York City, where she lives with her husband in a tall old building guarded by gargoyles.