meet the author

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GAIL Z. MARTIN is the author of the new epic fantasy novel Shadow and Flame (Orbit Books, 2016), which is the fourth and final book in the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga; Iron and Blood: A Jake Desmet Adventure, a new Steampunk series (Solaris Books) coauthored with Larry N. Martin, and Vendetta: A Deadly Curiosities Novel in her urban fantasy series set in Charleston, South Carolina (Solaris Books). She is also the author of Ice Forged, Reign of Ash, and War of Shadows in the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, 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, The Dread) from Orbit Books, plus the novel Deadly Curiosities. Gail writes several series of ebook short stories: The Jonmarc Vahanian Adventures and the Deadly Curiosities Adventures, and with Larry N. Martin, the Steampunk Storm & Fury Adventures.

Gail’s work will appear in several new anthologies in 2016. An all-new Blaine McFadden adventure, No Reprieve, takes place during the Velant Prison years and is posted on Orbit Short Fiction. Watch for Blaine and his friends to return in more short stories and novellas set in Velant and on Edgeland. Gail’s stories have been featured in anthologies including Heroes, With Great Power, Athena’s Daughters, The Big Bad 2, Dance Like a Monkey, Realms of Imagination, and the British Fantasy Society’s Unexpected Journeys, plus an illustrated story in Icarus: A Graphic Novel. Other US/UK anthologies include Magic: the Esoteric and Arcane (Solaris), The Bitten Word, Rum & Runestones, Spells & Swashbucklers, and The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women.

Stories Gail coauthored with Larry N. Martin have recently been featured in anthologies including Clockwork Universe Steampunk vs. Aliens, Alien Artifacts, The Weird Wild West, The Side of Good, Space, and Contact Light.

Find her on the web at AscendantKingdoms.com, on Twitter @GailZMartin, on Facebook.com/WinterKingdoms, at Disquieting Visions blog, and GhostInTheMachinePodcast.com. She leads frequent conversations at goodreads.com/GailZMartin, participates on Reddit/Fantasy as GailZMartin, and posts free excerpts of her work and the occasional free novella on Wattpad at wattpad.com/GailZMartin.