CONOR KOSTICK was a designer for the world’s first live fantasy role-playing game, based in Peckforton Castle, Cheshire. He lives in Dublin where he teaches medieval history at Trinity College Dublin. He is the author of several historical, political and cultural works. Conor was also a reviewer for the Journal of Music in Ireland and was twice chairperson of the Irish Writers’ Union. He co-wrote The Easter Rising: A Guide to Dublin in 1916, and co-edited Irish Writers Against War, an anthology of writings by Irish authors in response to the war in Iraq.
Epic (2004) and Saga (2006), two fantasy futuristic novels by Conor Kostick have received great acclaim worldwide.