Beth Bernobich is an American fantasy and science fiction writer, born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania in December 1959. Her short stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Asimov's, Interzone, Postscripts, and Strange Horizons. Her first novel, Passion Play, was published in 2010 by Tor Books and won the RT Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Epic Fantasy. Queen's Hunt, the second volume, appeared in
2012 and the final volume, Allegiance will be released in October 2013. "Thief of War" takes place in the same world as Passion Play,
400 years before the events of the trilogy.
Beth currently lives in Connecticut with her husband, son, and a pair of idiosyncratic cats.