The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia

She then turns into a jackdaw and flies away. Galina lives in Moscow with her sister who gives birth in a bathroom. The Secret History of Moscow is a fantasy novel set in the underworld of capitalist Russia. The Secret History of Moscow (November 2007)

A war is about to happen and Josiah must choose sides and potentially betray his heritage. The two boys leave the country for fear of being persecuted and they find a strange world. Josiah meets Caleb and they become friends. The war had been over for seventeen years: however, there is no doubt the Meran Empire would expand. In this story set in Sium, Josiah lives in a world where even though the war is over it is still not great times.

She has occasionally published under the name E. Her work features folklore, fantasy, urban fantasy, and steampunk aesthetics. Sedia has written novels, short stories, and essays, and has also edited several anthologies. Main article: Ekaterina Sedia bibliography Today she works at Stockton University teaching plant ecology and evolution. After that she moved to New Jersey and went to graduate school at Rutgers University-Camden, which is where she got her Ph.D in ecology and evolution in 2001. She later moved to Boston and worked at MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Science as a research assistant. Sedia did her undergraduate work at Moscow State University. In her spare time, she blogs about fashion, food, cats, books, television, and feminism. She currently teaches plant ecology and botany at Stockton University and lives in New Jersey with her husband Christopher Sedia and their cats. At age 21, Sedia moved to the United States to pursue advanced degrees. Background and early life Įkaterina Sedia was born on Jin Moscow, Russia, as Ekaterina Holland. In addition to writing, she teaches ecology and evolution courses as a professor at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. In addition, Sedia was the editor for Jigsaw Nation and the World Fantasy Award-winning Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy. Several of her publications have been nominated for awards and/or have made a well-known reading list. She has also written several short fiction stories, poems, and nonfiction books, as well as edited anthologies of short stories. Sedia's other novels include The Secret History of Moscow, According to Crow, Heart of Iron, and The House of Discarded Dreams. Her most famous work is The Alchemy of Stone, a steampunk novel that examines sexism and class bigotry. She immigrated to the United States and attended college in New Jersey to obtain her Ph.D.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-CamdenĮkaterina Sedia (born July 9, 1970) is a Russian fantasy writer. Novelist, botany and plant ecology professor

The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia