Catherynne M. Valente

Hello everyone! This March marks the ninth anniversary of this Patreon, which is, quite frankly, rude of Time, and a bit implausible. But I thought to celebrate the occasion, for the first time, I would initiate a new tier for the Laboratory! See, I live in a 124-year old house on an island in Maine

Twenty years ago today, January 4th, 2004, my first chapbook and its companion were published. My first anything was published. I was living in Japan, the wife of a naval officer (a biographical fact that always stuns people who have only known me as I am now), lonely and miserable as a candle in a

It's been three years this month since I began this Patreon. In that time, I've posted so much here, and made connections with so many of you, and been able to do so much (including creating a human child) because of your support. I say it so often, but especially in this massively difficult and unc

The Mad Fiction Laboratory has arrived at its two year anniversary. Hot damn. It's been the most amazing and humbling experience with all of you. You have made our lives, and quite literally our child, possible. There is no word for what we owe you and the gratitude we feel. You are all my heroes. T

Hello there Patrons! And apologies for the flood of notifications, I had no idea that would happen until, you know, it happened. Ahem. So it has been over a year here on Patreon. A year of experiments and recipes and photos and giveaways and Laboratory hi-jinx. Books have launched, beloved pets have