Drew Wagar was born in Canada in 1970, but has lived in the UK since 1972. He was educated at the university of Brighton where he studied Computer Science. Drew published his first novel, Torn, in 2011 and followed this up with contributions to the Fusion anthology in 2012. Drew ran a controversial but highly successful 'Kickstarter' in late 2012 allowing him to write one of the official novels set in the universe of Elite: Dangerous by Frontier Developments. This book, Elite: Reclamation was published in 2014 by Fantastic Books Publishing. Drew is currently working on a wholly original SF series called the Shadeward Saga. The first instalment, Shadeward: Emanation, was launched at Fantasticon, 2015. The second instalment, Shadeward: Exoneration, is available now in ebook format and will be launched officially at FantastiCon 2016.