Matthew Sylvester

Father of two beautiful daughters and married to the beautiful Karen, Matthew has been reading and writing fantasy and science fiction since he first read the Hobbit at the age of 7. Currently he is working on the worlds of Shattered Lands and Faraway, adult steamfantasy and child’s steamfantasy. The latter is a co-operative project with his eldest daughter.He has recently been published as a contributor to the Grimm and Grimmer Volume TwoAnthology, published by Fringe Works, with a short story titled “Death’s Messengers“, and also accepted for the forthcoming anthology titled ‘Potatoes’ with the short story “Well and truly sporked”, the science fiction anthology Andromeda’s Offspring, with the short story ”The Enlightened Soldier” and is currently working on a submission for top secret, invite-only anthology.As an editor, he has worked on Raus! Untoten! a four-volume series of anthologies set around Nazis and Undead. Reviews have been ***** and the series features both well-established NYT best selling authors and new authors.Matthew was also Features Editor, Technical Consultant and regular columnist for magazines such as ‘Fighters’, ‘Combat’, ‘TKD & Korean Martial Arts’ and ‘Traditional Karate’. These are the four leading martial arts magazines in the United Kingdom.Matthew also wrote the critically acclaimed ‘Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots’, which has been sold around the world.With regard to his martial arts background he has been studying martial arts since 1991. In 1995 he hosted Professor Rick Clark of the ADK and since then has been studying pressure points and their uses in the martial arts and on the street (initially as a Special Constable and as a Door Supervisor).All of this practical hands-on experience means that he is uniquely placed to write fight scenes that are not only plausible but some of which are based on personal or anecdotal experience (although he must admit he has never slain an orc. Unfortunately.)