Josie Clarke has always believed that magic lives in stories, tucked between the words like light through old glass, waiting for the right reader to find it.

She grew up with folklore and fairy tales, with myths whispered across centuries and legends that felt more true than fact. She fell in love with the kind of magic that does not shout or dazzle but simply glows, quietly and steadily, in the way that matters most. The silver forest, the glowing lanterns, the unicorn who keeps the books and knows the wishes: these are the images she returns to when she wants to feel that the world is larger and more wonderful than ordinary life sometimes lets it seem.

Writing The Unicorn Wish Library was a joy from beginning to end. She hopes that somewhere between these pages you found a story that felt as though it was written for you, or perhaps a unicorn who reminded you of someone you know, or a library you would very much like to visit on a rainy afternoon.

If you ever find yourself at the edge of a silver forest, do knock on the round blue door.

She is almost certain someone will answer.