Anna Smith Spark

Anna Smith Spark lives in London, UK, the bestselling fantasy author of the Empires of Dust series. Previous jobs include petty bureaucrat, English teacher and fetish model. Her favourite authors and key influences are R. Scott Bakker, Steve Erikson, M. John Harrison, Ursula Le Guin, Mary Stewart and Mary Renault. She spent several years as an obsessive D&D player. She can often be spotted at sff conventions wearing very unusual shoes. She tweets @queenofgrimdark.