Carol Ryles is an Australian writer who reads across most genres, and has favoured speculative fiction since the age of ten.  She began her professional life as a registered nurse and then moved to Hainan Island, China, where she worked in occupational health, learned Mandarin and tutored English at various institutions. She now holds a BA in English (Hons 1) and a PhD focussing on the process of writing in the sub-genre of steampunk.

She is a graduate of Clarion West 2008, a committee member for the Australasian Horror Writers Association, and has worked as a Steering Committee member and editorial consultant for Trove, (since renamed Tenderfoot) an online journal of creative writing from The University of Western Australia. Her stories have appeared in a number of publications including Eidolon, Eidolon 1, Aurealis and The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy Horror (2013).

Her debut novel, The Eternal Machine, a steampunk fantasy epic, was published in 2022.

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