Virginia Chandler is an author who walks the borderlands between history and myth, where old stories breathe, storms remember, and the sea keeps its secrets. Her work blends maritime folklore, Southern Gothic atmosphere, medieval echoes, and the uncanny shimmer of the fantastical. Whether she’s writing of pirates, dragons, ghosts, or ancient riddles, her tales are steeped in the deep places of the world — the ones where truth and legend share the same shadow.

Very early in life, Virginia fell in love with the great masters of science fiction and fantasy — Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Burroughs, and Tolkien. Later, she discovered the thunderous cadence of Beowulf and the stark beauty of Anglo‑Saxon verse. This passion carried her across the sea to Oxford University, where she studied medieval history and literature at Keble and Jesus College through the UGA at Oxford program.

Her writing life has been as varied as the worlds she creates. She has written for publications such as Golf Digest Magazine, Ibn Qirtaba, and Lost Realms. Her books include Solid Contact, The Last Dragon of the North, Seeking Dragons, The Beowulf Oracle, The World Dragon Oracle, and multiple collaborations with John and Caitlin Matthews.

Her pirate series, born from The Pearl Inn, draws on her deep love of maritime history, Lowcountry folklore, and the haunted coastlines of the Atlantic. Haunted Pirate Tales from The Pearl Inn and Weather Witch weave together historical truth, ghostly whispers, and the storm‑born magic of the Atlantic world.

Virginia’s stories are rooted in the marshes of her Summerville childhood, the restless waters of the Atlantic, and the old tales that linger in the fog. She writes of lanterns in the dark, of storms that listen, of pirates who left more behind than gold, and of dragons who sleep beneath the bones of the earth.

She currently lives in Georgia with her wife, Melody, their two shieldmaiden puppers, Freya and Lagertha, and a herd of cats who believe themselves minor deities. When she’s not writing, she’s gaming, reading, or dreaming up the next tale to wander out of the mist.

Always a pirate. Always a storyteller. Always listening for the next ghost in the wind.