About
Kristina Gruell learned storytelling at her grandparents’ dining room table. Growing up, she rode horses, participated in FFA, danced, and read voraciously.
After a car accident left her wheelchair-bound for eight months, and chronic health issues limited her previously active lifestyle, she turned to books and play-by-post roleplaying. This was in the early days of AOL chatrooms. Her original stories and first novel attempt were background for her online characters.
Eventually, she began writing and telling stories to entertain her friends.
She’s a tea snob who loves dogs and enjoys a good brandy in the evenings. She spends her spare time reading, building elaborate Lego sets, and playing World of Warcraft, where she met her husband, because she is that geeky.
Her published works include The In Blood and Fire Series: From the Ashes, A Burning Ember, The Flame Within, The Conflagration, and The World Ablaze, as well as the short story collection The In Blood and Fire Companion.
Featured Work
From the Ashes
The worst succession crisis in the history of the world of Redolan is about to unfold in one of its oldest kingdoms.
The King of Lithonia is dying. When he is gone, Lithonia will be ruled by either a cruel sadist or a six-year-old boy. Princess Lenathaina Morthan is third in line... and she has no intention of letting her country burn.
When the mad goddess of Hathor sets her gaze upon Lithonia's throne, the king decides to use Princess Lenathaina as a bargaining chip with his closest allies in Caeldenon. Now stranded in a foreign country, away from her center of political power, Lenathaina must use every tool at her command to scrape together allies and save her country from a fate worse than death. But will her would-be husband be one of those allies… or just another enemy?
Author Kristina Gruell debuts with a dark, high-stakes political fantasy, where every new face hides a potential threat. Pick up From the Ashes, and discover the shadow games that will determine the future of several nations.
