AK Mulford lives in New Zealand: the perfect place for a fantasy author! She's always been a writer; her mother has stacks of notebooks full of stories from her childhood to prove it. Mulford grew up craving seeing herself represented in the world of fantasy and is inspired to create diverse and LGBTQ+ fantasy stories that transport readers to new realms of imagination, helping them to fall in love with fantasy for the first time, or, all over again. With bachelor's degrees in Classics and Biology, her work in wildlife rehabilitation took her around the world-including the heart of jungles-and she's lived in many countries working with wild animals. Now Mulford has swapped raising monkeys for writing fantasy novels. She lives in Wellington with her husband and two wonderful young kids. In her down time (what is this mythical "down time"?), she spends time with her cat and dog, and makes ridiculous and fun Tiktok videos.