ABOUT THE AUTHOR
French by birth, Aliette de Bodard chose to
write in English – her second language – after a two-year stint in
London. Though she has trained as an engineer (graduating from
Ecole Polytechnique, one of France’s most prestigious colleges),
she has always been fascinated by history and mythology, especially
those of non-Western cultures. Her love of mysteries gave her the
idea to write a series of crossgenre novels which would feature
Aztecs, blood magic and fiendish murders.
She is a Campbell Award finalist and a Writers
of the Future winner. Her short fiction has appeared or is
forthcoming in venues such as Interzone, Realms of
Fantasy, and Fantasy magazine,
and has been reprinted in The Year’s
Best Science Fiction. She is now hard
at work on her third novel – the next in the Obsidian and Blood series.
She lives in Paris, where she has a job as a
computer engineer.