Brittany N. Williams is the author of the YA historical fantasy That Self-Same Metal, Book #1 in the Forge & Fracture Saga, as well as Saint Seducing Gold and Iron Tongue of Midnight. She is a classically-trained actress who studied Musical Theatre at Howard University and Shakespearean performance at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London. Previously she’s been a principal vocalist at Hong Kong Disneyland, a theatre professor at Coppin State University, and made appearances in Queen Sugar and Leverage: Redemption. Her short stories have been published in The Gambit Weekly, Fireside Magazine, and the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back.