As a child, Andie Holman believed faeries lived in the snapdragons, and tree-frogs sang secret messages while she slept. She writes eco-fantasy where magical creatures live in the current world, struggling with the consequences of pollution. The animals can speak, and they have plenty to say.

The Laughter of the Sun is an ongoing series.

Many places have been home, from tiny islands seasoned by pirates, to the dazzling city of London, where she worked in natural medicine for almost twenty years. The snowy peaks of Colorado have seen her footsteps, and she was a volunteer firefighter for seven years.

She's now on a small sliver of Canada, nestled in the Pacific, where she lives with her husband and menagerie of animals. Snapdragons grow in her garden, along with thriving bushes to feed the bees and butterflies. At night, nearby toads sing her lullabies.