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Gail Carriger is the pen name of Tofa Borregaard, an archaeologist and author of science fiction. She was born in Bolinas, an unincorporated community in Marin County, California, and attended high school at Marin Academy. She received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, a masters of science in archaeological materials at England's Nottingham University in 2000, and a master of arts in anthropology (with a focus on archaeology) at University of California Santa Cruz in 2008.

Her first novel, Soulless, was published in 2009 by Orbit Books and earned her a nomination for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. The book was a Compton Crook Award nominee, a Locus Award finalist for Best First Novel, and Locus placed her on their recommended reading list. Her second novel, Changeless, was published in early 2010 and earned her a place on the New York Times Bestseller List. Her third novel, Blameless, was released in September 2010 and also became a New York Times bestseller. The planned five-book series will continue with Heartless in July 2011 then conclude with Timeless in 2012. Carriger will be the guest of honor at FenCon, a science fiction convention in Dallas, Texas, in September 2011.

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