V. H. Leslie’s stories have appeared in Black Static, Interzone, Shadows and Tall Trees and Strange Tales IV and have been reprinted in a range of ‘Year’s Best’ anthologies. Last year saw the release of her short story collection Skein and Bone and this year her debut novel Bodies of Water was released by Salt Publishing. In 2013 she won the Lightship First Chapter Prize and was a finalist for the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award in the category of novelette. She is also a Hawthornden Fellow and has recently returned from the Saari residence in Finland where she was researching Nordic folklore for her PhD and various creative projects.