Bryce Moore works as a librarian in western Maine. His wife is Slovak, and they are raising their children to be bilingual in English and Slovak. Moore has lived in Trencín, Slovakia, where his brother-in-law, much like Uncle L’uboš in Vodník, works at Trencín Castle. Moore studied creative writing at Brigham Young University. This is his first novel. Visit him online at brycemoore.com.