Hazel McBride
Hazel McBride’s fantasy fiction has a dedicated fan base on TikTok, her writing includes Gaelic influences, dragons and romance. Her bestselling debut A Fate Forged in Fire is to be followed by the second book in the duology A Queen Crowned in Flames (out 26 May), published Renegade Books, Dialogue.
Hazel grew up in Scotland, gaining her BSc in Psychology at the University of Glasgow, before moving to the Dominican Republic. Switching the laid-back Caribbean for the sun-drenched Canary Islands a year later, she then moved to the chic South of France and is now fluent in three languages.
As a former animal trainer, Hazel loves writing about magical and fantastical creatures while exploring their connections with her characters. As a bisexual author with anxiety, she focuses on writing queer characters and exploring topics such as mental illness within her work. Now settled in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband, most of her work draws heavy inspiration from her Celtic heritage and Scottish folklore.