Last month we asked you what “monster” from science fiction and fantasy would you like to help guide you through your life’s adventures. Congrats to Rachael Rodgers! She wins a signed copy of Library of the Sapphire Wind.

I can't think of a better guide through life’s adventures I’d love to have than Proginoskes, the "singular cherubim" from Madeleine L'Engle's A Wind in the Door. While outwardly appearing at first to be a “monster,” a drive of dragons, a frightening creature with many differently shaped eyes always opening and shutting, hundreds of constantly moving, fluttering wings, and jets of flame and smoke, this wild being is actually a teacher and a namer, and a fiercely loyal protector and friend.