Everyone knows the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast, but what if it was Belle's mother who had cursed the prince?

Liz Braswell spent her childhood reading fairy tales, dreaming, and going on adven tures in the woods with her cat. After majoring in Egyptology at Brown University (and yes, she can write your name in hieroglyphs) she promptly spent the next ten years producing video games. Finally Liz caved in to fate and wrote Snow and Rx under the name Tracy Lynn, followed by the Nine Lives of Chloe King series under her real name, because by then the assassins hunting her were all dead. She is also the author of Stuffed and several other Twisted Tale books, including A Whole New World, Once Upon a Dream, As Old as Time, and Part of Your World. She lives in Brooklyn with a husband, two children, a cat, a part -time dog, three fish, and five coffee trees-one of which has already produced a rather tolerable espresso. You can email her at [email protected] or tweet @LizBraswell or instagram @lizbraswell.