Dru Pagliassotti (born November 29, 1966)[1] is an author of fantasy literature and the editor of The Harrow online magazine.
[2] Their first published novel was Clockwork Heart, a steampunk fantasy novel about an Icarus-winged heroine, Taya, who stumbles into a murder mystery when she rescues a high caste official of the layered City of Ondinium.
[3] The novel, published by Juno Books in April 2008, received an excellent review from Drew Bittner of SFRevu.
The Harrow was a peer reviewed online literary magazine designed to support new writers as they develop their careers.
[2][5] Pagliassotti is also a professor in the communication department of California Lutheran University, where they researche yaoi or "boys' love" fiction (manga, anime, visual novels and dōjinshi) from Japan.