JENN LYONS lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, her cat, and a nearly infinite number of opinions on anything from Sumerian mythology to the correct way to make a martini. She was nominated twice for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer (in 2020 and 2021) after a twenty-year career as a graphic artist and illustrator and a second career as a video game producer. Lyons traces her geek roots back to playing first edition Dungeons & Dragons in grade school – a hobby she’s continued as an adult—as well as whatever craft or skill she’s obsessed with this week: pyrography, beadwork, stenography, furniture upholstery, etc.

All five books of Lyons’s five-book debut epic fantasy series, starting with The Ruin of Kings, as well as her stand-alone epic fantasy The Sky on Fire, are available from Tor Books.