Kate Elliott has been publishing for over 30 years with a particular focus in immersive world building and epic stories of adventure & transformative cultural change. She is best known for her Crown of Stars epic fantasy series, the Afro-Celtic post-Roman alt-history fantasy with lawyer dinosaurs the Spiritwalker Trilogy (Cold Magic), and the New York Times bestselling YA fantasy Court of Fives. Her work has been nominated for the Nebula, World Fantasy, Norton, Romantic Times, and Locus Awards. Her most recent novel is UNCONQUERABLE SUN, gender spun Alexander the Great in space, and the fantasy novella SERVANT MAGE. She lives in Hawaii, where she paddles outrigger canoes and spoils her schnauzer.