Amanda Downum is the author of The Necromancer Chronicles: The Drowning City (2009, Orbit; Gemmell Morningstar finalist), The Bone Palace (forthcoming 2010, Orbit), and Kingdoms of Dust (forthcoming 2011, Orbit). Her short fiction has been published in Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales. Most recently, "The Tenderness of Jackals" appeared in Lovecraft Unbound (Datlow, ed.) and "The Garden, The Moon, The Wall" was reprinted in Running With the Pack (Sedia, ed.).

She lives near Austin, TX, with a long-suffering husband and too many animals. Her house has a spooky attic. When not writing she can be found working in a used bookstore, or falling off perfectly good rocks.