Guy Antibes is an American author of sword-and-sorcery and epic fantasy, and one of the more prolific independent writers in the genre, with some eighty books across around ten series published under his own CasiePress imprint.
Writing from California, he describes himself simply as 'an older guy' and a lifelong reader of science fiction and fantasy who came to writing after a full working life. He cites Jack Vance and J.R.R. Tolkien as his guiding influences, and cheerfully admits a preference for magicians over the usual unicorns, dragons, elves and dwarves: give him a hero with a magic sword, he says, and he will make it sing.
His best-known sequence is The Disinherited Prince, which follows Poldon 'Pol' Fairfield, a sickly fourteen-year-old prince passed over for the throne, who discovers an unexpected talent for magic and must survive the lethal machinations of his siblings as he grows into his power. Around it sit a shelf of interlinked series - Strings of Empire, A Man of the Dragon, Song of Sorcery, Wizard's Helper, Power of Poses and Without Magic among them - most sharing his brisk, adventure-forward take on classic quest fantasy.
A solo self-publishing operation from cover to final page, he continues to release new titles at a steady clip for a devoted readership, favouring fast, companionable storytelling over grim spectacle.
