R.M. ROMERO (she/they) is a Jewish Latina and international bestselling author of fairy tales for children and adults, including The Dollmakers of Krakow, The House of Rose Hill, and A Warning About Swans. Their most recent book is Death’s Country (Peachtree Teen). Her work has been selected as an Indie Next Pick, a Jewish National Book Award finalist, a two-time Sydney Taylor Notable Book, a Carnegie Award nominee, and a Best YA Book by Kirkus and School Library Journal. She spends her summers helping to maintain Jewish cemeteries in Poland.