About the author Truth be told; the first reason I wrote this book was, purely and simply, for fun. My publisher said "don't send me any more books about dragons" and one day I said to myself, "I'm bored, I think I'll write a book just for fun. Hey, I know what would be fun, a book about dragons!" Well, the book gained sentience, told me it wasn't done, and has now escaped. In truth I am proud of it for all it has achieved, my Frankenstein's monster, my Pygmalion, my robot uprising. I don't know where this book will end up, but it seems to know, and that is enough for me. Second, I wrote this