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Juliet E. McKenna

2 universes Last reviewed 2026-09-23

Juliet E. McKenna is a British author of epic fantasy fiction, born in 1965 in Lincolnshire, England. She studied Greek and Roman history and literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford, before working in personnel management and bookselling on her way to a full-time writing career. McKenna's major series include the five-book Einarinn sequence (1999–2002), the four-book Lescari Revolution (2003–2006), the four-book Aldabreshin Compass (2009–2012), and the eight-book Green Man series (2018–2025); she also writes historical murder mysteries set in ancient Greece under the pen name J. M. Alvey. Her novel The Green Man's Quarry won a major British science fiction award for best novel in 2023, and she received the Karl Edward Wagner Award for special achievement in 2015, alongside multiple shortlistings for British fantasy honors. McKenna has served as a judge for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2013 and the World Fantasy Awards in 2018, chaired the EightSquaredCon convention in 2013, and worked as a contributing editor for the speculative fiction magazine Albedo One. She co-founded The Write Fantastic, an initiative promoting fantasy literature and its authors to wider audiences. She is married with two sons and lives in Oxfordshire.

Universe(s)

The Green Man

  • Core Canon books: 8
  • Current rank: #195 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 4.16
  • Award recognitions: 1 nomination

Tales of Einarinn

  • Core Canon books: 5
  • Current rank: #735 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 3.76
  • Award recognitions: 1 nomination

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