Joshua Gillingham is a Canadian author from the scenic city of Nanaimo, BC. There he enjoys life with his adventurous spouse and their two very unadventurous cats. He is the author of The Saga of Torin Ten-Trees, a fantasy adventure trilogy inspired by the Norse Myths and the Icelandic Sagas. His award-winning article 'Becoming a Resilient Writer' has been published multiple times in print and online. Joshua has also released a card game called 'Althingi' set in Viking Age Iceland, served as a co-editor for a collection of short historical fiction set within the game, and co-authored an Old Norse phrasebook, Old Norse for Modern Times with Ian Stuart Sharpe (Vikingverse) and Dr. Arngrimur Vidalin (University of Iceland).