Kuivalainen, Amy: - Amy Kuivalainen is the bestselling author of the Magicians of Venice series (The Immortal City, The Sea of the Dead, The King's Seal) and the Firebird Faerie Tales.A Finnish-Australian writer who is obsessed with magical wardrobes, doors, auroras, and burial mounds that might offer her a way into another realm, she enjoys mashing up mythology and lore into unique retellings about monsters and magic.