Lyndsay Ely author page

Lyndsay Ely biography

Lyndsay Ely writes science fiction and fantasy for young adult and adult readers. Her debut novel, Gunslinger Girl, was published by Jimmy Patterson/Little, Brown on 2 January 2018, with a foreword by James Patterson.

Gunslinger Girl is a young adult dystopian Western about Serendipity “Pity” Jones, a 17-year-old sharpshooter in a future American West after a Second Civil War. The novel was reviewed for readers aged 14–18 and has an ISBN of 978-0-316-55510-4.

Ely has written work connected to the Overwatch universe, including the tie-in novel Deadlock Rebels and a contribution to Overwatch 2: Heroes Ascendant: An Overwatch Story Collection. She has also worked on an interactive adventure novel for Five Nights at Freddy’s: Escape the Pizzaplex.

Her adult fantasy work includes the Divine Thrall series. The Lost Reliquary is the first book in that series, and The Divine Shadow is the second book; The Lost Reliquary was nominated for the 2026 Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel.