Amy Laurens is an award-winning Australian fantasy author. She also writes non-fiction books, often on various aspects of writing. Also dogs. Lots of dogs.
The conclusion to Amy’s middle-grade portal fantasy trilogy, When Worlds Collide, won Best Children’s Novel in the 2019 ACT Writing & Publishing Awards. Her most recent novel is How Not To Acquire A Castle, a humorous fantasy novel for readers of all ages that follows Mercury’s attempts to graduate at the top of the Evil Overlord class and acquire herself a castle. If you like Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, you’ll appreciate Mercury.
After completing a university education involving many twists and turns, through more faculties than ought reasonably to exist, Amy now spends her days as a high-school English teacher. No, she is not going to do your homework for you. Not even the English bit. Sorry. Have a cookie instead.