April Genevieve Tucholke is the bestselling author of several books, including Rebecca the White House Raccoon (Algonquin, 2025) The Secret Life of Hidden Places (Workman, 2024), Merry and Hark: A Christmas Story, Beatrice Likes the Dark, and The Boneless Mercies. She was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, and her acclaimed, award-winning books have been published in sixteen countries and have received ten starred reviews. April Genevieve has a BA in Creative Writing, and she has lived all over the world, from Portland, Oregon to Edinburgh, Scotland. She currently lives in Savannah, Georgia with her husband and Bichon. She loves biking, yoga, forests, and Gothic cities.