C. L. Polk

C. L. Polk (they/them) wrote the Kingston Cycle, including the ward winning Witchmark. Their novel The Midnight Bargain was a Canada Reads, Nebula, Locus, and Fiyah award finalist. Mx. Polk drinks good coffee because life is too short. They live in a tiny apartment in Calgary, Alberta.

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