I.V. Ophelia is the author of The Poisoner and The Arachnid in the gothic vampire series The Poisoner. Born in small-town New England, she now haunts the streets of New York City, writing the most unhinged tales she can conjure. When not crafting gothic romance, she works as a full-time artist, hoards nineteenth-century gowns and antique furniture, dotes on her menagerie of pets, and plots her next literary transgression. Discover more of her deliciously dark world at www.ivophelia.com.