I think T. Kingfisher starts to make a lot more sense when you learn that the pen name is Ursula Vernon wearing the hat of “whatever this is, it is too spicy for middle schoolers”. (She does love big hats.) Which is not to dismiss either catalog, Vernon has written some incredibly deep things for middle schoolers and Kingfisher has some incredibly middle school silly things for those that want deep, dark and/or disturbing fictions. I appreciate that both exist, they make the world better and stranger. Vernon is a delightful person, too, on stage and at readings.