Author Details

Role in OXIA: Webmaster

Author Website: https://redcorona.com/fiction.html

About the Author

I was introduced to fantasy early, through The Hobbit and then Lord of the Rings, arguably the origin story of modern fantasy. After that I started reading Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, as well as the more traditionally styled Deverry> series from Katharine Kerr, and Wheel of Time> from Robert Jordan. You’ll see echoes of Kerr’s time-slicing in the structure of Serian novels. More recently I’ve read Mistborn and Stormlight Archive books from Brandon Sanderson.

You might also see some sci-fi and modern geopolitical fiction from me, and technical writing relating to my work in digital preservation and software development.

I live near Oxford, but I was brought up in North Yorkshire, near the moors. You might feel some of the same landscape in Seria as I became familiar with in the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales, thanks to my parents who took us out to enjoy them regularly. I still like to go out exploring on foot, especially around the coast and hills.