“Jesper knocked his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. “Fine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, I’m going to get Wylan’s ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.”Brekker’s lips quirked. “I’ll just hire Matthias’ ghost to kick your ghost’s ass.”“My ghost won’t associate with your ghost,” Matthias said primly, and then wondered if the sea air was rotting his brain.”

American fantasy author

Leigh Bardugo is an American fantasy author best known for her young adult Grishaverse novels, including the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows and King of Scars duologies. She is also the author of Ninth House, her acclaimed adult debut. Her work has reached beyond the page through screen adaptations of Shadow and Bone by Netflix and Ninth House by Amazon Studios. Bardugo serves as an executive producer on both projects, and her fiction is known for building expansive fantasy worlds across young adult and adult genres.