Katherine Addison is a pseudonym for Sarah Monette.<br/>Sarah Monette was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, one of the secret cities of the Manhattan Project. She studied English and Classics in college, and have gone on to get M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature. Her first four novels were published by Ace Books. She have written two collaborations with Elizabeth Bear for Tor: A Companion to Wolves and The Tempering of Men. Her short stories have appeared in lots of different places, including Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Weird Tales, and Strange Horizons; She's published two collections of short stories, Somewhere Beneath Those Waves and The Bone Key.