About the Author

Pati Nagle was born and raised in the mountains of northern New Mexico. An avid student of music, history, and humans in general, she loves the outdoors but hides from the sun.

She writes in a variety of genres, but is most often drawn to fantasy or (as P.G. Nagle) historical fiction. Her stories have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and in various other magazines and anthologies, including Elf Magic, which featured “Kind Hunter,” the story that sparked the ælven world. Her first ælven fantasy novel, The Betrayal, was released in 2009 by Del Rey Books. Its sequel, Heart of the Exiled, came out in January 2011. The third ælven book, Swords Over Fireshore, will come out in spring of 2012. Meanwhile, Immortal, an ælven novel with a contemporary setting, was released in June 2011.

Pati Nagle still lives in the mountains in New Mexico, with her husband and furry feline muse, where she loves to walk in the woods and look up at the stars.