HOWARD ANDREW JONES is the author of the Pathfinder Tales novels Plague of Shadows and Stalking the Beast. His first original novel, The Desert of Souls made Kirkus Reviews's New and Notable list for 2011, and was on Locus's Recommended Reading List. Its sequel, The Bones of the Old Ones, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
HOWARD JONES was instrumental in the rebirth of interest in Harold Lamb's historical fiction, and has assembled and edited 8 collections of Lamb's work for the University of Nebraska Press. His stories of Dabir and Asim have appeared in a variety of publications over the last ten years, and led to his invitation to join the editorial staff of Black Gate magazine in 2004, where he has served as Managing Editor ever since. He blogs regularly at the Black Gate website.