Sylvia Kelso lives in North Queensland, Australia, and has been writing or telling stories for as long as she remembers. Everran’s Bane is the first of the Chronicles of Rihannar, followed by The Moving Water and the third novel, The Red Country. Two of her novels, including The Moving Water, have been finalists for best fantasy novel in the Aurealis Australian genre fiction awards. Her latest novel is a contemporary fantasy duology, The Solitaire Ghost and The Time Seam, set in an alternate North Queensland. Sylvia Kelso lives in a house with a lot of trees, but no cats or dogs. She makes up for this by playing Celtic music on a penny whistle, and is now learning the fiddle as well.