J E Hannaford is powered by coffee, dragons and whisky. She teaches Biology in the real world and invents fantasy beasts to populate her own. She lives in Suffolk, UK, and pines for the coast and mountains of Wales. A love of nature and the ocean washes through the pages of J E Hannaford's stories and pours out of the characters who live in it. Her debut adult series is The Black Hind's Wake Duology, a futuristic folklore fantasy. Her epic fantasy trilogy Aulirean Gates starts in 2023 with Gates of Hope.