J W Moray has been obsessed with books and stories since his earliest childhood in a remote forest somewhere in the wilds of Scotland. But it wasn't until a chance reading of Tolkien's The Two Towers (yes, he started the series on Book 2: he doesn't claim to be all that clever) that he realised fantasy fiction was the greatest genre. He has been a dedicated writer all his life, but Spell Books of Meklir is his first published fantasy series, and he hopes you like it! It draws heavily on all the ideas he loves most in fiction: magic, wonder, supernatural creatures, strange places, even stranger people, and an overriding sense of optimism and hope for the future.