Amber Hansford writes the kind of epic fantasy she always wanted to read. Myth-rich worlds, morally complicated characters, and slow-burn tension that earns every payoff. Her debut series, The Emari Chronicles, is rooted in pre-Islamic Persian culture, folklore, and mythology: stories about women who carry kingdoms on their backs, men who survive by being underestimated, and gods who have gone dangerously quiet.

She came to publishing the long way around. A Navy brat who grew up moving up and down the U.S. coasts, she eventually landed in Atlanta and carved out a career in tech spanning development, design, and UX leadership. But through all of it, she was writing. Fanfic first, kept mostly to herself until IRC friends and a collective obsession with Methos convinced her to post her Highlander stories to fanfiction.net in the early 2000s. They’re probably still out there. She asks only for kindness.

These days, the stories are her own, and they’re built to last. The Emari Chronicles is a four-book series, character-first, with the scope and emotional weight that epic fantasy demands. Farah and Yasher are mirrors of each other’s blind spots: she over-trusts institutions and under-trusts people; he over-trusts people and under-trusts everything else. Watching them collide and eventually need each other is the engine that drives the whole series.

When she’s not drafting, revising, or releasing, Amber runs the Filk Music Track at Dragon Con, which puts her at the intersection of fandom, music, and storytelling. She is a member of SFWA and Broad Universe, and her Too-Much Gene ensures there’s always something new in progress.

She lives in Atlanta with too many notebooks, not nearly enough shelf space, and an ever-growing list of Apocalypse Skills.