An archaeologist and musician, writing is a part-time pursuit, but one I much enjoy. I approach my world building from the perspective of my archaeological and anthropological training: with heavy focus on history, culture, ideology, identity, and socio-political systems. I always aim for my writing to have a deeper philosophical meaning, not always to have an answer, but to create a question and discussion in the mind of the reader. I like to use fantastical worlds to explore these topics, a world that is at once distance yet also familiar.