Christopher Edward Lee Welsh was born the son of a soldier and weaned on Japanese television and classic rock 'n' roll when it was just rock 'n' roll. His first encounter with the fantastic in books was George MacDonald, given a boost by C.S. Lewis, and locked down forever by J.R.R. Tolkien. He knew he was going to be a writer by age nine. He did not know that it would take him twenty years to get there. He writes and publishes books under the name C.E. L. Welsh because, if you have four names and you are a writer, you are legally obligated to use all of them.His daily life is spent chasing down the Muse with a rusty crowbar when he is not annoying his wife and children with magic tricks… and Kung Fu demonstrations.He is currently writing. Keep up with the author at celwelsh.com.
The author, an archaeologist and heritage consultant, was born in 1965 in Nagpur, India. He grew up in Mumbai (Bombay) but spent his formative years in the Philippines and then the USA. He later went to the Universities of Toronto and Texas. In 1992, he was offered the opportunity to excavate as part of the Archaeological Survey of India's excavation at the 5000-year-old Harappan Civilization city of Dholavira.