Meet W. A. Simpson, author of "Steelbound" at Bethany Beach Books on Thursday, June 25th at 630pm.

In this powerful combination of dark romance and epic fantasy an exiled princess and a chronomancer must unite, finally saving the Riven Isles. A beautiful hardcover edition with sprayed edges,

Tales from the Riven Isles is a dark fantasy series set in a world outside of our own, where the characters of myth and fairy-tales exist, and their legends live on. Featuring the novels: Tinderbox, Tarotmancer, The Hatter's Daughter and Steelbound.

Wendy is an award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. She began writing at five and completed her first novel by fourteen. Wendy started by writing mysteries, before discovering speculative fiction through the influence of Ray Bradbury, specifically high and epic fantasy. Her debut novel, Tinderbox, is the first book in the Tales from the Riven Isles series, followed by Tarotmancer, The Hatter’s Daughter & Steelbound (2026). Tinderbox reached the Top 100 on the Amazon Best Sellers List in Black & African American Fantasy Fiction and won the 2022 GOLD Foreword Reviews Indie Award for Fantasy. A proud Delaware native, she lives with her older brother — fondly known as Big Brother — and two diva cats. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, gardening, gaming, and streaming on Twitch as Runic Nightshade.