T. R. Napper is a multi-award-winning writer, including the Aurealis thrice (Best Short Story, 2016; Best Novella, 2020; Best Novel, 2022). His work has appeared in 'Year's Best' anthologies, and in highly respected magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov's, and Interzone. His work has been translated into French, Hebrew, German, and Vietnamese.

T. R. Napper is also a former diplomat and aid worker, having lived and worked throughout Southeast Asia for over a decade delivering humanitarian programs. Napper is a scholar of East & Southeast Asian literature, and has a creative writing doctorate in Noir, Cyberpunk, and Asian Modernity.

These days he has returned to his home country of Australia, where he works as a Dungeon Master, running campaigns for young people with autism for a local charity