Adri­enne Sharp is the crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed author of the sto­ry col­lec­tion White Swan, Black Swan, a Barnes and Noble Dis­cov­er Book and a nation­al best­seller; the nov­el The Sleep­ing Beau­ty, a Barnes and Noble Dis­cov­er Alum­ni book and one of Booklist’s ten best first nov­els of 2005; and the nov­el The True Mem­oirs of Lit­tle K, a His­tor­i­cal Nov­el Review​’s Editor’s Choice, a final­ist for the Cal­i­for­nia Book Award, and trans­lat­ed into six languages.