by Jay Kristoff
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jay Kristoff grew up in Perth, Western Australia, but quickly realized good bands never toured there, so he moved to Melbourne. He studied graphic design at university and spent several years playing in a band before realizing just looking like Dave Grohl wasn’t enough to get you rich.
Falling back on his degree, he worked for several advertising agencies before deciding that selling toilet paper and SUVs was a bad way to make a living. So he began working on a novel in secret, telling no one (not even his wife) until it was ready to sell.
It did not sell.
But his second book, Stormdancer, did, and The Lotus War series went on to be published in 14 countries, be named in the Kirkus Best Teen book list for 2012, get nominated for two Gemmell Awards, and won the Aurealis Award.
Jay co-wrote his second series, The Illuminae Files, with fellow Melbourne author Amie Kaufman. They started writing a novel together because Amie had a dream they did. His next series, The Nevernight Chronicles, began in 2016, winning multiple fantasy awards and selling through five print runs within four months.
His first solo YA series, Lifel1k3, continues in May 2019.
