Richard Swan

Richard Swan is a British fantasy author, born in North Yorkshire, England. Before writing full time he trained as a barrister and worked for a decade as a commercial litigator in London.

His debut novel, The Justice of Kings (2022), the first book in the Empire of the Wolf trilogy, became a Sunday Times bestseller and has been translated into multiple languages; the trilogy continued with The Tyranny of Faith and The Trials of Empire.

He returned to the same world with The Great Silence trilogy, beginning with Grave Empire (2025) and continuing with Steel Gods and Blood Dynasty, and has also written The Infinite State (Decurion Saga) and short fiction for Black Library and Grimdark Magazine.