The Hatter’s Daughter

In a wonderland where the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat rule, The Rot threatens the sanity and lives of all...

In the third tale from the Riven Isles universe, discover that there is more to the Vine than mortals and immortals know. On the night Faith was born, her mother perished, but not before sending her to safety in Underneath. Discovered by The Mad Hatter, he raises her as his own. When Rot invades, Faith decides to fight. She won’t be alone.

The Riven Isles is a wonderland, where the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat rule, until The Rot threatens the sanity and lives of all... There is more to the Vine than mortals and immortals know. It reaches its branches and tendrils into realms beyond the Riven Isles. On the night Faith was born, her mother perished, but not before sending Faith to safety, in Underneath. Discovered by The Mad Hatter, he takes Faith home to raise as his own. When the Rot invades, Faith determines to fight. She won't do it alone. Her childhood friend, Prince Rowan accompanies her. Faith must return to her birthplace to find a Legendary Heroine. But Overland is dangerous, and the minions of the Rot are in pursuit. If she doesn't succeed, the minions of the Rot will destroy everything they know. For comparisons, think The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, or After Alice by Gregory Maguire. And, of course, Lewis Carroll's, Alice in Wonderland. AUTHOR: Wendy A. Simpson has been writing since the age of five after a family friend gave her an old typewriter, when she saw that she enjoyed creating works of mystery and suspense that only a five-year-old could. She completed her first novel and started shopping it at fourteen. In later years, she figured out mystery wasn't her thing. It was a story by Ray Bradbury that she enjoyed that turned her towards fantasy. On a more personal note, she likes to think she is the world's biggest bibliophile. When she's not writing she indulges in her favorite pastimes which include working in her garden, and video gaming and streaming. Come see her on Twitch as Runic Nightshade.

"The Hatter’s Daughter is an action-packed adventure of a retelling. [...] This book takes you on a wild ride down the rabbit hole and all the way up again, and it won’t let you off."

On Tinderbox, book one in the Riven Isles series:

"Simpson sticks the landing with an epic conclusion. Fans of Andrea Hairston’s Master of Poisons and other secondary world fantasy will enjoy this expansive magical adventure."

"This promising debut features strong world building and well-developed systems of magic. It will appeal to readers of Kacen Callender’s Queen of the Conquered (2019), N.K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010), and L. Penelope’s Song of Blood and Stone (2018)."

Wendy has been writing since the age of five and finished her first novel at fourteen. Her debut work, Tinderbox, and its sequel Tarotmancer are available both in-store and online and are the first two books in the Tales from the Riven Isles series. Tinderbox made the Top 100 on the Amazon Best Sellers List in Black & African American Fantasy Fiction and is the 2022 GOLD Winner for Fantasy Foreword Reviews Indie Award. Her works have been compared to N.K. Jemisin, Sarah J. Maas, and Holly Black among others.

Wendy has many other irons in the fire. For example, a futuristic science-fantasy and an MG contemporary fairytale. 

For more information, check out the Works-In-Progress page at or just stop by to learn more about her. She has a great passion for books and reading and loves to discuss business anytime. On a personal note, Wendy considers herself the world’s biggest bibliophile and the original Delaware Native. When she’s not writing, she indulges in her favorite pastimes, which include reading, working in her garden, and video gaming and streaming on Twitch as Runic Nightshade. 

She shares her home with two cats, the ornery Cinnamon and gentle Spice, who really own the house, and her eldest brother, whom she often refers to online as Big Brother. Wendy is the youngest and only girl in a family of three boys.

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