Anna Smith Spark is the author of the Empires of Dust grimdark epic fantasy series The Court of Broken Knives, The Tower of Living and Dying and The House of Sacrifice; the standalone A Woman of the Sword; and the folk horror high fantasy The Making of This World Ruined series which begins with A Sword of Bronze and Ashes; and is co-author of the grimdark fantasy horror In The Shadow Of Their Dying. Her work has been described as ‘a masterwork’ and ‘awe-inspiring’ and compared to Tolkien, Moorcock and Le Guin. She’s dyslexic, dyspraxic, ASD, PhD; previous jobs include English teacher, fetish model and petty bureaucrat. You may know her by the heels of her shoes.
“Anna Smith Spark captures the dark heart of grimdark fiction with her poetical prose” – Fantasy Book Review on The Tower of Living and Dying “It does not get much more thrilling than this” – SF Book Review on Dredd vs Death “The Queen of Grimdark writes a 2000 AD novel?! Drokk yes! Count me in! Anna Smith Spark and Judge Anderson are a match made in the deepest bowels (Sector 301) of Mega-City One and it’s glorious! No one writes filth and madness like Smith Spark. I want more!” —Michael R. Fletcher