Clare B. Dunkle's works have received numerous honors, including the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. The House of Dead Maids, a prelude to the classic Wuthering Heights, features Heathcliff, his newly arrived nursemaid Tabby Akroyd, and the restless ghost of the last maid. "Clare Dunkle creates a world filled with intense excitement, terror, beauty, and love-a world as persuasive as it is remarkable."-Lloyd Alexander
In 19th-century England, Kate and her sister Emily return to the family estate after their father dies. There, under the guardianship of a distant uncle, they live in a small lodge with two great-aunts. One evening while out late and unable to find their way home, they encounter a nest of goblins. Clare Dunkle unites the human realm and the underworld of the goblin in a fascinating and exciting tale.
