Sylvia Linsteadt

Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a writer, scholar of ancient history and myth, and certified
wildlife tracker. Her books include the collections The Venus Year and Our Lady of the Dark Country, two novels for young readers, The Wild Folk and The Wild Folk Rising, and the folkloric novel Tatterdemalion, as well as several works of non￾fiction. She lives on the far tectonic edge of California. Sylvia has written for Dark Mountain online publication and in our books. She was our 'marginalian' for SANCTUM, the twelfth issue, creating a text that ran through the margins of the book, before bursting in to claim the final word.