Kathleen O'Neal Gear has over two hundred nonfiction publications in the fields of archaeology, history, and bison conservation, and has authored or co-authored forty-seven international bestsellers. She has received numerous awards, both for her writing and for her work as an archaeologist. The United States Department of the Interior has twice awarded her a Special Achievement Award for outstanding management of America's cultural resources. In 2015, she was honoured by the United States Congress with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition.
Praise for The Ice Lion ""With this engrossing series launch, Gear conjures a vivid postapocalyptic world.... This mesmerizing adventure through a world destroyed by climate change is sure to have readers hooked."" —Publishers Weekly ""Gear brings her vast knowledge of prehistoric cultures to this climate-fiction tale with beautiful and engaging worldbuilding.... A loose, beautiful tapestry of a tale."" —Kirkus Reviews ""Written by both a master storyteller and scientist, it’s a chilling tale of a different climate change."" —Amazing Stories ""The icy setting, with its mountains and ocean, provide a cold backdrop to the warmth of the peoples, whose lives are going to be inescapably altered when paths cross and the past is excavated."" —Whiskey with my Book