Duncan M. Hamilton holds Masters' Degrees in History and Law, and has practiced as a barrister. He lives in Ireland, near the sea. Hamilton's debut trilogy was the Society of the Sword (The Tattered Banner, The Huntsman's Amulet, and The Telastrian Song). This was followed by the Norse-inspired Wolf of the North trilogy; both series were self-published. Dragonslayer and The Knight of the Silver Circle, the first two books of the Dragonslayer trilogy, were published by Tor in 2019.