About B.L. Becklan

B.L. Becklan did not emerge into this world a fully-formed writer of fiction and fantasy. He came by his love of the genre honestly after voraciously consuming the works of Rowling, Tolkien, Lewis, Weis, Hickman, and Rothfuss. In his early years, he discovered the power of using fantastical worlds to offer an escape route from the so-called ‘real world’ while at the same time teaching readers very real life lessons through the actions of magical and mystical figures.

In school, however, studying maths and science was the ‘better bet’, and he spent his youth fantasizing about being an engineer at mission control, working part-time jobs to pay for his car, and learning to play the guitar. After 18 years of school, he left school with a Masters in Engineering and has worked in both the automotive and aerospace industries. But the fantasy worlds from his youth and the desire to create a few of his own were never far from his mind.

So he began to write. For years he worked on the world of Sandriona. He edited and added and cut and changed and added and cut the story to better suit the vision of the world he initially set out to create. And he simultaneously planned the future of the series (and others). He hopes you’ll join him on this writing adventure.