Growing up near Glastonbury in England, Elena Bryce was raised on Arthurian legends and Grail stories. Her first job was dressing up as a medieval princess for the tourists at the crystal caves in Cheddar Gorge, until she discovered the local apple brandy and moved to a new home under a bridge - just kidding - though it was a close call… Instead she got a degree in Classical Civilizations, which only qualified her to stack shelves in a bookshop. No one bothered her there, so she indulged her passion for adventure and rugged heroes by reading instead of working. Eventually the management noticed her lack of commitment and cut off her supply of free books, so she began writing them instead.