Author guide
Theodora Goss Books in Order
Theodora Goss was born in Budapest, Hungary, and immigrated to the United States as a child. She holds degrees from the University of Virginia, Harvard Law School, and Boston University, where she teaches rhetoric. Her fiction and poetry often draw on fairy tales, folklore, Victorian literature, monsters, and magical realism. Her books include the Athena Club trilogy, the novella The Thorn and the Blossom, and several short-story and poetry collections. Her work has received World Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic, Rhysling, and other awards, and has been translated into numerous languages.
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Theodora Goss's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
The opening volume of Goss's complete Athena Club trilogy and her best-known work.
The Thorn and the Blossom: A Two-Sided Love Story
A self-contained novella and an accessible introduction to Goss's literary fairy-tale style.
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Books by series
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The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club
A trilogy following the daughters of notorious fictional scientists as they form the Athena Club and confront conspiracies, monsters, and the legacies of their creators.
Outside the series
