E. Merwin is an award-winning author of fantasy, fables and verifiable ghost stories--with Northman's Daughter winning the Next Generation Book Award, 1st prize for regional fiction. As of 2023, Nightmarish New York is her most recent of ten spooky titles written for Bearport Publishing and its popular series for young readers, including Dark Underground named a top-read by a nationwide jury of young readers for the Children's Book Council.