Stories have always lived where the borders blur: where forests become kingdoms, where myths grow from forgotten histories, where science and wonder turn out to be speaking different dialects of the same language.
That is where Tiffany (T. L.) Trent writes.
An award-winning author of fantasy and speculative fiction, Tiffany creates stories rooted in ecology, folklore, and transformation. Her worlds are lush, dangerous, and deeply alive; her characters are shaped not by destiny alone but by the choices they make in the face of love, power, loss, and hope.
Whether interpreting scientific research or imagining forgotten kingdoms, Tiffany has always been drawn to the work of translation—finding common language between worlds that at first seem impossibly far apart. Her novels include The Unnaturalists, the Hallowmere series, and the forthcoming Rise of the Iron Lotus.
She lives in the mountains of northern New Mexico, where she gardens, tends a small rabbitry, dreams of forests and dragons, and is perpetually distracted by birds, wildflowers, and explorations of every landscape's mythological heart.
Stories have always lived where the borders blur: where forests become kingdoms, where myths grow from forgotten histories, where science and wonder turn out to be speaking different dialects of the same language.
That is where Tiffany (T. L.) Trent writes.
An award-winning author of fantasy and speculative fiction, Tiffany creates stories rooted in ecology, folklore, and transformation. Her worlds are lush, dangerous, and deeply alive; her...
In an alternate London where magical creatures are called Unnaturals and preserved in a museum, two teens find themselves caught in a web of intrigue, deception, and danger.
Vespa Nyx wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life cataloging Unnatural creatures in her father’s museum, but as she gets older, the requirement to become a...
Science and magic lead to danger in this sequel to The Unnaturalists, which School Library Journal called “an entertaining mix of steampunk and fantasy.”
After Vespa, Syrus, and Bayne defeated the Grue and restored order to their world in The Unnaturalists, they thought their future was secure. Empress Olivia, committed to peace and equality...
Open the Nisaba Journal and immerse yourself in original fiction gathered from your favorite worlds. Issue One collects a half-dozen tales from three of Green Ronin Publishing’s most popular settings—Freeport, Blue Rose, and Mutants & Masterminds—and offers ideas for incorporating the heroes, villains, and adventures from the stories into...
The Hallowmere series (published by Mirrorstone/Wizards of the Coast) was a young adult dark fantasy. Set in Reconstruction-era Virginia and moving to Victorian Scotland and London, Hallowmere brought to life both the history of the period and the magical talents of girls brought together to fight the scheming Fey Prince and his minions.
Titles in the series included:
In the Serpent's Coils (a New York Public Library Book of the Teen Age and IndieNext Pick)
"In this gaslight fantasy, parts of Victorian London have been transported to a land inhabited by creatures from myth. Dubbed unnaturals, they are on the verge of being exterminated by a corrupt government. Though Saint Darwin’s Church of Science and Technology reigns supreme and magic has been forbidden, an odious sorcerer schemes to kill the last manticore and use the dragon’s heart it guards to power a device that will reopen the gate between worlds. Against him are 16-year-old Vespa, a naive exhibit preparator in the Museum of Unnatural History, and younger teen Syrus, member of a clan of downtrodden Tinkers (modeled on a Chinese ethnic minority group, the author claims). To no evident purpose, Trent switches her narrative’s tense and person in alternate chapters. But along with providing Vespa with magical powers of her own, an upper-class rebel magician as a romantic foil, and a genuinely nasty opponent, the author crafts an engagingly violent, suspenseful tale that leads to a wild climax and, in the end, just deserts all round."
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John Peters
"Fast-paced, heart-wrenching, magical and fascinating."
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Tamora Pierce, author of The Song of the Lioness quartet
