Brian McClellan

When the Promise of Blood won the Best Fantasy Newcomer, in the 2014 Morningstar Awards, Brian McClellan had initiated, what would eventually be an addictive venture into fictional crime-based dynasties. Incidentally, the award only confirmed what had been predicted four years earlier, when McClellan was mentioned in the 2008 Writers of the Future contest. The Promise of Blood novel introduced the contemporary fantasy reader to a unique yet compelling narrative of an imaginary world of crime and power. Today, McClellan has graduated from being a mere passionate beekeeper in Cleveland, to an American fiction writer with a remarkable edge of creative fantasy.