Amber Lough

AMBER LOUGH is a lover of foreign words and cultures, nearly forgotten folktales, and groups of three. She spent much of her childhood in Japan and Bahrain. Later, she returned to the Middle East as an air force intelligence officer, deployed for eight months in Baghdad. Amber lives in Germany with her scientist husband and two impish children. Please visit amberlough.com for a pronunciation guide, a cast of characters, and more. Follow her on Twitter at @amberlough.