The Serpent Bride and Other Stories from Medieval Danish Ballads
In The Serpent Bride, K. V. Johansen weaves a haunting web of magic, tinged by a sprightly amusement. She tells stories of transformation and witchcraft, of dragon children and heartbroken knights, of trolls and dark treachery, but her work is not bleak. Good magic appears in feathered cloaks, gentle hearts and help from beyond the grave.
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K. V. Johansen
K. V. Johansen (born 1968) was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, where she developed her lifelong fascination with fantasy literature after reading The Lord of the Rings at the age of eight. Her interest in the history and languages of the Middle Ages led her to take a Master’s Degree in Medieval Studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, and a second M.A. in English Literature at McMaster University, where she wrote her thesis on Layamon’s Brut, an Early Middle English epic poem. While spending most of her time writing, she retains her interest in medieval history and languages and is a member of the SFWA and the Writers’ Union of Canada. In 2014, she was an instructor at the Science Fiction Foundation’s Masterclass in Literary Criticism held in London. Various of her books have been translated into French, Macedonian, and Danish.
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