About the Author Sören Virlan
Sören Virlan
Sören Virlan writes like a storm with a conscience. A fierce voice in modern fantasy, he weaves epic tales that don’t just entertain—they challenge, awaken, and demand you live with purpose. Drawing from ancient wisdom, raw experience, and a relentless drive for meaning, Sören crafts worlds where every sword has a story, every quest a question, and every hero an edge. His novels dare readers to confront what they believe, while sweeping them into realms of dragons, destiny, and the deeper truths that shape our lives.
Living the life he promised himself...
Born in Upsala, Sweden, to a Romanian father and a Swedish mother, Sören’s early life was a tapestry of contrasting cultures and inherited values. At age eight, his family immigrated to the UK, settling near the Yorkshire Dales, where he first encountered the stoic landscapes that would mirror his inner world. Ten years later, the family moved once more—this time to the western slopes of the Rockies of Colorado—where Sören began to explore the moral architecture of the human spirit against the backdrop of the American frontier.
Sören's name reflects the disciplined core that defines his work—stern, not harsh; strict, but never unkind. It speaks to his life-long commitment to integrity and quiet courage. To Sören, his name has become his own guide to principled living in an unprincipled age.
Though formally educated in philosophy and psychology at several universities, Sören often describes his true education as coming from three sources: the quiet serenity of the wilderness, the weight of regret, and the courage to begin again.
Before writing full-time, he worked as a farm and ranch hand, a wilderness guide, and a crisis counselor—roles that exposed him to both the fragility and the ferocity of the human experience.
Virlan lives a simple life near Kremmling, Colorado, in a cedar cabin he helped build. He avoids social media, travels only when necessary, and maintains a small circle of long-standing friends with whom he regularly collaborates on everything from Aristotle to the ethics of the grocery store self-checkout lane.
Asked once what he hoped his readers would remember, he replied: "That your life is a promise made to yourself which you should keep."