Jude Fisher was born in Cornwall and now in London. She has worked in the book industry, as a bookseller and a publisher, for nearly twenty years, has a Master’s degree in Scandinavian Studies, specializing in Old Icelandic texts, and has published novels under her own name as well as the pseudonym of Gabriel King.

Jude Fisher was born in Cornwall and lives in London. She has worked in the book industry, as a bookseller and publisher, for nearly twenty years, and has a master's degree in Scandinavian studies, specializing in Old Icelandic texts. She is author of the bestselling The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion, The Two Towers Visual Companion, and of the epic fantasy novels, Sorcery Rising and Wild Magic; and has written four novels under the pseudonym Gabriel King.