Barbara Hodgson is a book designer and author. Her non-fiction works include: In the Arms of Morpheus: The Tragic History of Luadanum, Morphine and Patent Medicines—a fascinating yet unsettling account of medical opium in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—and Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon, an exquisitely designed book that perfectly evokes the insidious allure and devastating dangers of opium smoking.
