Annmarie Banks

About me

Annmarie Banks spent the first twenty years of her professional life as a bookseller specializing in out-of-print and antiquarian books.

Since then she has studied many books about the history of the quest for knowledge. Early Western scientists were alchemists and philosophers who were forced to learn about the secrets of Nature by hiding in locked rooms poring over encrypted documents.

Arthur C. Clark’s Third Law, “Any significalty advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” is the inspiration for her series of books exploring the boundaries between what is possible, what is plausible and what remains to be proven. What were those alchemists really doing in those locked towers?

Her Medieval Fantasy Series, “The Elysium Texts” explores these possibilities.

She currently resides in the state of Arizona.

Recent tweets

9 days ago

@jodipicoult My son told me his male friends would not read my novel because it was written by a woman. I needed to change pseudonym. Rly

9 days ago

WIP "Blue Damask" is almost finished. This is my best work yet, I am so excited about it. First draft will be... http://t.co/5vUu19srqg

16 days ago

Necromancer was reviewed by the Historical Novel Society: The Necromancer’s Grimoire (Elysium Texts Series)... http://t.co/20JQEK8bSK

25 days ago

finished The Arab War by Gertrude Bell http://t.co/38ShjWA4zy

26 days ago

finished Twenty-Seven Articles by T.E. Lawrence http://t.co/rViGxk9OFR

 
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