Juliet E. McKenna is a British fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 author. She was born in Lincolnshire in 1965, and studied Greek and Roman history and literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford

St Hilda's College, Oxford

St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.The college was founded in 1893 as a hall for women, and remained an all-women's college until 2006....

. She now lives in West Oxfordshire with her husband and sons.

McKenna has written three series of books, The Tales of Einarinn, The Aldabreshin Compass and The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, as well as many short stories and articles. She is currently working on a new series, The Hadrumal Crisis.

She regularly attends fantasy conventions, gives talks, and teaches creative writing courses. She is also one of the authors, along with others such as Sarah Ash

Sarah Ash

Sarah Ash is a British novelist. She began writing at a very young age, and at the age of twelve completed her first fantasy novel which was called "The Miglas". She trained as a musician at Cambridge University for four years and her interests in music and drama led her into becoming a...

 and Mark Chadbourn

Mark Chadbourn

Mark Chadbourn is an English fantasy, science fiction and horror author with fifteen novels published around the world.Born in the English Midlands from a long line of coal miners...

, behind The Write Fantastic, which is an initiative by a group of fantasy authors to promote the fantasy genre, and to display the scope of current fantasy writing.

The Tales of Einarinn

1. The Thief's Gamble (1999)
2. The Swordsman's Oath (1999)
3. The Gambler's Fortune (2000)
4. The Warrior's Bond (2001)
5. The Assassin's Edge (2002)

The Aldabreshin Compass

1. Southern Fire (2003)
2. Northern Storm (2004)
3. Western Shore (2005)
4. Eastern Tide (2006)

The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution

1. Irons in the Fire (2009)
2. Blood in the Water (2010)
3. Banners in the Wind (2010)

Short stories

1. Losing Track of Time (2003) (a Big Finish Short Trips
   Big Finish Short Trips
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    story)
2. Urban Renewal (2006)
3. Identify Theft (2006)
4. Now You See Him, Now You Don’t (2006)
5. The Wizard’s Coming (2007) (in The Solaris Book of New Fantasy)
6. Walking Shadows (2008)
7. Noble Deceit (2008)
8. Is This My Last Testament? (2008)
9. Patience: A Womanly Virtue (2009)
10. Reflections (2010)
11. Fear Itself (2010)
12. The Grand Tour (2010)
13. An Unforseen Legacy (2010)

Short fiction featuring characters from The Tales of Einarinn

1. The Tormalin Necklace (2001)
2. The Wedding Gift (2003) (illustrated: available for ordering on author's website)
3. Turns and Chances (2004) (novella
   Novella
   A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
   
   )
4. Win Some, Lose Some (2005)
5. A Spark in the Darkness (2006)

External links

• Juliet E. McKenna's official website
• The Write Fantastic