Jill Hammer is a celebrated author, scholar, rabbi, ritualist, poet, and dreamworker.  The Moonstone Covenant is her first work of fantasy fiction., and may be purchased from the publisher  or from Amazon. She has also written books of spirituality and scholarship: Return to the Place: the Magic, Meditation, and Mystery of Sefer Yetzirah, The Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and New Visions of Jewish Women’s Spiritual Leadership (with Taya Shere), The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons, The Omer Calendar of Biblical Women, Sisters at Sinai: New Tales of Biblical Women, and The Book of Earth and Other Mysteries, Return to Place, and Undertorah.  She also maintains a website. Ms. Hammer lives in Manhattan with her family.