**Cassandra Khaw *is the author of USA Today bestseller Nothing but Blackened Teeth and Bram Stoker Award winner Breakable Things.Their other works include British Fantasy Award and Locus Award finalist Hammers on Bone, The Salt Grows Heavy,and The Dead Take the A Train,co-written with New York Time...

**Cassandra Khaw *is the author of USA Today bestseller Nothing but Blackened Teeth and Bram Stoker Award winner Breakable Things.Their other works include British Fantasy Award and Locus Award finalist Hammers on Bone, The Salt Grows Heavy,and The Dead Take the A Train,co-written with New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. Khaw's work can also be found on Tordotcom and in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy *. Founded by veteran voice actors Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey, and Liam O'Brien, Critical Role has grown from a weekly improv storytelling campaign set in an ever-evolving world to a media company centered on connecting with communities in new and meaningful ways, including fiction (Critical Role: Vox Machina--Kith & Kin) and nonfiction (The World of Critical Role) books on the New York Times bestseller list, comic books (Vox Machina Origins, Tales of Exandria), graphic novels (The Mighty Nein Origins series), collectibles, tabletop and role playing games, podcasts, live events, and a critically acclaimed animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina.