Mats Elliott

Mats is a giant nerd. For as long as he can remember, he's loved fantasy and science fiction. Tolkien, Frank Herbert, Ursula Le Guin—these authors had a special gift for building an incredibly immersive and detailed world. He's always wanted to do something like that, but during his teenage years, he convinced himself that he was terrible at writing (which, to be fair, he might've been).

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He completed a Masters degree in philosophy, realized that he wasn't cut out for academia, and ended up taking a much delayed gap year. At that point he put a virtual pen to paper, and something clicked. He's had a problematic addiction to the written word ever since.

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Mat's debut, City of Earth, will be published by Mirari Press in 2026.