Sanan Kolva is a technical editor by day, and writer of epic and steampunk fantasy the rest of the time. She is the author of The Chosen of the Spear series, The Silverline Chronicles, and the post-apocalyptic fantasy Ghost and Guardian. Her short fiction appears in a number of anthologies. When not writing, she enjoys baking and decorating cakes, battling the forces of evil in various video games, and appeasing her feline overlords.