A lifelong lover of the genre, Lucy A. McLaren began writing her debut fantasy novel while studying to be a counsellor at university. It is because of this that her work is underpinned by an exploration of mental health issues within the flawed characters through whose eyes the story is told. When not writing, Lucy enjoys playing adventure or role-playing video games, watching real-life crime documentaries, the latest must-see series or superhero films, and walking her family dogs under the perpetually cloudy English sky.