Octavia Randolph has long been fascinated with the development, dominance, and decline of the Anglo-Saxon peoples. The path of her research has included disciplines as varied as the study of Anglo-Saxon and Norse runes, and learning to spin with a drop spindle. Her interests have led to extensive on-site research in England, Denmark, Sweden, and Gotland. In addition to the Circle Trilogy, she is the author of Ride, a retelling of the story of Lady Godiva, published in Narrative Magazine. She has been awarded fellowships at the MacDowell Colony, Ledig House International, and Byrdcliffe. She is currently working on Light, Descending, a novel about eminent Victorian John Ruskin, and a second… novel about the Pre-Raphaelite painters Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Lizzie Siddal. www.octavia.net and www.OctaviaRandolph.com are her websites.