About the Author

Steve Redwood is the author of the novels Fisher of Devils (nominated for the 2003 British Fantasy Society Award) and Who Needs Cleopatra? (both translated and published in Spanish). Many of the stories here first appeared in major anthologies like the World Fantasy Award and Hugo finalist The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy, New Writings in the Fantastic, or Darkness Rising 2005. He has been an invited guest at the prestigious international Black Week (Semana Negra) in Gijon, Spain, for two years running (coinciding in 2008 with George RR Martin and Jim Sallis, among others), and will be officially presenting the Spanish translation of his second novel at the equally prestigious Hispacon in Huesca, Spain, in November 2009.

Reviews

'T.H.White, Thorne Smith, John Collier, Lord Dunsany, Terry Pratchett add Steve Redwood to the list of distinguished fantasy humorists. Fisher of Devils is one of the funniest books I've read in a very long time. Redwood has all the irreverent verve of Douglas Adams, all the inventive originality of Terry Gilliam.' --Michael Moorcock 'Redwood's prose is a delight, the work of a storyteller who has found his voice, a natural raconteur with the ability to effortlessly keep us hanging on his every word ... Overall it s an irresistible combination, and one which should delight those who want to cast their net a little wider than the next letter home from Discworld.' --Peter Tennant in Interzone 'Redwood has the gift of tongues and might just be the devil himself.' --Steve Savile '... Such a feat of storytelling would be remarkable enough on its own; but add to that Redwood's vivid imagery and skilful depiction of emotion, and you have something very special indeed.' --David Hebblethwaite in The Alien Online