A dagger is, well, just a dagger — no moving parts, and hence very hard to apply "clockwork" to. Cato addresses this head-on, and it's the first hint that she's in the process of lovingly ...

On Friday, Sept. 19, she will celebrate the release of "The Clockwork Dagger" at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe. We spoke with Cato at her Buckeye home as she was preparing for the upcoming ...

As a young fantasy enthusiast, Beth Cato found it troubling that those gifted with the power to save lives — the healers — were often designated as sidekicks and background characters.

Beth Cato's debut novel takes on the problems and limitations of the steampunk genre with an appealing heroine and a thoughtful meditation on what heroism really means. Plus, mechanical animals!

But Beth Cato’s debut novel, The Clockwork Dagger—out this week—features a female main character, much like The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter. Instead of being a sleuth or a fighter, though ...

But it paid off, with “Clockwork Dagger” earning a Locus Award nomination. A 2015 sequel, “The Clockwork Crown,” followed, along with a trio of eBook novellas, ...

Things get wrapped up in The Clockwork Dagger's sequel, The Clockwork Crown, although "wrapped up" doesn't do justice to Cato's agile, emotionally evocative handling of a complicated puzzle.