Juliet E McKenna biography

Juliet E McKenna is a UK author born in 1965 who, she says, was influenced at a young age by reading folk tales and Greek myths. This grew over the years until she started table top and live action role playing at university and began the creation of new games and role play events, which, she says, taught her what makes a good novel.

The first of her novels was The Thief’s Gamble, following the fortunes of the thief Livak, which then lead to a further four Tales of Einarrin. The same world is used for the Aldebrishin Compass and the Lescari Revolution series but follow different characters, and another series set in the world of Einarrin is currently being written, The Hadrumel Crisis. The first book of this is due to be published in 2011.

As well as writing new books, Juliet is also an organiser of The Write Fantastic initiative, which was launched in 2005 by a group of fantasy authors, including herself, with the aim of promoting the fantasy genre. The initiative holds a range of events throughout the UK, discussing themes and influences in fantasy fiction.

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