Kami King Larsen is a native of the Desert Southwest, US. She recently followed a troupe of faeries to the land of mushrooms and snails and now calls the Pacific Northwest home. She is a practicing pediatrician by training and a lover of great stories and all things whimsical by birth. Kami writes cozy fantasy romance and science fantasy fiction. She writes under the pen names Kami King Larsen and Aster Rye.