Emma has an M.A. in Literature and Folklore and has taught university writing classes. As an author, her non-fiction is published in Channeling Wonder: Fairy Tales on Television (Wayne State University Press), Routledge Companion to Fairy-Tale Cultures and Media (Routledge), and Dirty Drafting: Fast Draft Your Way into a Finished Novel and a Consistent Writing Habit.

She is also the founder of a small traditional publishing house with multiple award-winning titles, and her fiction includes the Witches’ Lore Haunted Tours series.