Gail Z. Martin is the author of DEADLY CURIOSITIES, an urban fantasy novel set in Charleston, SC and the new epic fantasy REIGN OF ASH. She is also author of ICE FORGED in The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, WAR OF SHADOWS (Orbit Books, 2015), and IRON AND BLOOD, a Steampunk novel (2015, Solaris Books). She is the author of The Chronicles Of The Necromancer Series (THE SUMMONER, THE BLOOD KING, DARK HAVEN & DARK LADY’S CHOSEN) from Solaris Books and The Fallen Kings Cycle (THE SWORN and THE DREAD) from Orbit Books. She writes two series of ebook short stories: THE JONMARC VAHANIAN ADVENTURES and the DEADLY CURIOSITIES ADVENTURES.

Gail’s work will appear in at several new anthologies in 2014: Clockwork Universe: Steampunk vs. Aliens, Athena’s Daughters, Dreams of Steel 5, The Big Bad 2, Dance Like a Monkey, Realms of Imagination, plus an illustrated story in Icarus: A Graphic Novel, the Heroes superhero anthology, the British Fantasy Society’s Unexpected Journeys and With Great Power, a superhero anthology. Other US/UK anthologies include Magic (Solaris), The Bitten Word, Rum & Runestones, Spells & Swashbucklers, and The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women.