Neil Beynon is the writer of the epic fantasy series, The Shaanti, and a short story writer.Neil has been writing since he could hold a pen, publishing for over ten years, and still has most of his own hair. He is the author of many short stories, some of which are gathered in his collection After The Rain and some of which are available as individual eBooks. He has been previously published in a number of small press outlets. Neil has lived all over the place including London, Bradford and Somalia but is now settled in his native South Wales where he spends his time running after small children (his own) and endlessly toying with the idea of retiring to a fishing boat.His debut novel, the epic fantasy The Scarred God, from Hanesyn Press started The Shaanti series, followed up by The Alaunt and with a third entry expected in 2021.