About the Author

Carmen Lau has had stories published in Catapult, Hayden's Ferry Review, Fairy Tale Review, and other journals. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from UC-Davis. Her story, "Nothing Has Changed about Me," was chosen as one of Wigleaf's Top 50 Very Short Fictions, and her story, "Ghost," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The Girl Wakes is the winner of the Electric Book Award and is the author's first book. Find her at carmenslittlefictions.wordpress.com and at @artemisathene on Twitter.