Anatole Ternaux (he/him) wanted to be a coroner when he grew up. But it turned out he has a phobia of worms and refuses to eat spaghetti now. So, he autopsies the corpses of dead empires and bad worldbuilding instead. He also enjoys archival rabbit holes, unapologetically writing fanfiction, and long hikes in metaphysical hells of his own design. He is also a regular contributor to the Hugo Award-winning project Archive of Our Own and is a member of the Historical Novel Society. When he is not doomscrolling, Ternaux is a career professional incident report writer, a sworn public-sector author of bureaucratic crisis literature, and a forensic recorder of post-catastrophe accounts. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and approaches his own work with the same rigor and attentiveness to detail as a 1793 revolutionary tribunal and the pettiness of a minor Jacobin. Ternaux writes the stories he wants to read — because no one else is going to do it and is as reckless, obsessive, or irritated enough to write them. He may also be a Napoleonic cryptid. He’s the author of “Lies Agreed Upon: A Historical Murder Mystery in the Age of Napoleon." The ebook is available on Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and more. The paperback version may be acquired as a print-on-demand through Amazon. His favorite Napoleonic marshal is Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, because they have the same energy. He does not like lutes. You can find his landing page at deadfrenchmen.rip.
