​Emrys Ash spent too much of her childhood--and let's be honest, her adult life--preparing for sudden transportation into the past. With a repertoire of beginner-level skills, she's prepared to become the worst medieval scribe, ancient blacksmith, or late Renaissance bookbinder in town. When not learning bygone arts and crafts, she's raising children to question authority, arguing about copyright with people who should know better, or sculpting something adorable. The rest of the time she works on her authorial observational skills. For example, once she brought her partner to a hedge-maze then asked them to push her against a bush to kiss her passionately, so she could take notes. As anticipated, the hedge was poky.