Scott Tirrell

Scott Austin Tirrell is known for his epic dark fantasy series Absolution of the Morning Star. He has always been fascinated by the spaces in between—the twilight hours when the world feels a little less certain, the moments when light and darkness blend into something neither, and the quiet truths whisper. When Scott writes, it’s not just to tell a story but to explore the questions that haunt him. What if the afterlife wasn’t a release but a prison? What if the gods we revere are not saviors but jailers? What does redemption look like when you blur the lines between good and evil beyond recognition? The messy, uncomfortable truths—the ones that gnaw at you when you’re alone, are what stimulate Scott. He plays with notions that power often comes at a price, that love can be as dangerous as hate, and that the path to salvation is rarely clear. He writes to understand why we sacrifice so much for the promise of light, even when the shadows feel more honest. For Scott, storytelling is not about answers—it’s about opening doors. It’s about walking into the dark and daring to ask, What if? It’s about characters who wrestle with their demons and worlds where every truth has a cost. If you’ve ever felt that pull—the sense that there’s more beneath the surface, that the world isn’t as black and white as it seems—then you and Scott just might be kindred spirits. His upcoming book, Koen: Quills from the Raven’s Nest, a prequel to the Absolution of the Morning Star (AMS) series, is scheduled for publication by Grendel Press in 2025. The AMS series includes Dawn of the Lightbearer, The Mourning Son, Noonday in the North, Destiny of the Daystar, and the forthcoming Dusk of the Demon and Queen of the Knight. The Novice of Thanatos is also available, a first-person memoir set in the same world as Absolution of the Morning Star. This book follows eleven-year-old Mishal, a novice psychopomp in the Order of Thanatos, and is the first in a planned trilogy chronicling his spiritual growth, struggles with moral ambiguity, and the uncovering of dark secrets within the Order. Scott lives with his wife in the Boston area.