Lucy Thornton was born in Somerset in 1986 and grew up in the shadow of Glastonbury Tor. She studied archaeology and heritage at the University of York and spent her twenties cataloging medieval textiles and guiding visitors through the ruined precincts of Glastonbury Abbey and sites on the Somerset Levels. After several years as a museum educator and archival researcher in Wells, she turned to writing full-time. Her short fiction has appeared in a range of small-press magazines and anthologies, and her essays on British folk belief and sacred landscapes have been featured in regional history journals. Thornton lives in Frome with her partner and a black lurcher named Thorn, and she continues to volunteer with local conservators preserving the chalice well gardens and monastic remains.
