Paul has written over 140 books including The Jelindel Chronicles, The Warlock's Child series (with Sean McMullen), The Maximus Black Files, The Earthborn Wars and seven titles in The Quentaris Chronicles. He is the recipient of both the A Bertram Chandler and the Peter McNamara awards, the William Atheling and Aurealis awards and a number of short-listings. His latest book is Harry Kruize, Born to Lose.

"Dragonlinks offers compulsive reading in a thrilling and wonderfully imagined quest for the individually power-bestowing links of a mysterious and arcane mailshirt. The story performs the unusual feat of combining meticulous and original world-building with a matchless heroine in the extraordinary young Countess Jelindel. - ISOBELLE CARMODY"