Anne Lyle grew up a longbow-shot from Sherwood Forest, and has been obsessed by history, folklore, and swashbuckling heroes ever since. Apart from her first love, fantasy, she also enjoys historical fiction and mysteries, so it was inevitable that her own books would combine all three. They also feature LGBTQ characters, strong language, slow burn romance and rogues with a heart of gold—or at least tarnished silver.

She does most of her writing in a small home office crammed with books, fountain pens, abandoned cups of tea, tarot decks, candles and all the electronic impedimenta of the modern fantasy author. Her hobbies include watercolour painting, gardening, and trying to teach her cats to communicate using talking buttons. She's rather glad she didn't live hundreds of years ago, as she would probably have been burned as a witch by now!