Description: As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, January Scaller feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls of his sprawling mansion: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure, and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
Brief description: Alix E. Harrow is an ex-historian with lots of opinions and excessive library fines, currently living in Kentucky with her husband and their semi-feral children. She won a Hugo for her short fiction, and has been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. Find her at @AlixEHarrow on Twitter.
Review Quotes:
"The Ten Thousand Doors of January healed hurts I didn't even know I had. An unbearably beautiful story about growing up."
-- "Amal El-Mohtar, Hugo Award-winning author"