Octopi might be the smartest creatures on Earth (other than humans, maybe). But this one isn't planning anything sinister or tricky - it's just here to be adorable! Author and crafter Carrie Vaughn has made you a new friend to keep you company through long bouts of reading, writing, or plotting.

About Carrie Vaughn:

Carrie Vaughn's work includes the Philip K. Dick Award winning novel Bannerless, the New York Times Bestselling Kitty Norville urban fantasy series, and over twenty novels and upwards of 100 short stories, two of which have been finalists for the Hugo Award. Her most recent work includes the novel Questland, about a high-tech LARP that goes horribly wrong and the literature professor who has to save the day, and a Kitty spin-off collection, The Cormac and Amelia Case Files. She's a contributor to the Wild Cards series of shared world superhero books edited by George R. R. Martin and a graduate of the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop.