Bio
An amateur historian and calligrapher, Ashwell layers archival puzzles into sweeping storylines. Readers come for the layered worldbuilding and stay for quiet, stubborn heroes who question the systems they serve. He is meticulous about linguistic roots for every invented spell and keeps a database of historical inspirations.
Current focus: a saga about an empire whose power is etched on stone tablets, and the scribes who risk rewriting them.