Polk was influenced by the works of fantasy author Tanith Lee, in particular the Tales from the Flat Earth, the historical mystery and fantasy novels of Barbara Hambly, and the Valdemar novels by Mercedes Lackey. They began writing in their thirties, publishing short fiction in magazines such as Abyss & Apex in the early 2000s. Polk was born in 1969 in New Westminster, British Columbia and grew up in Surrey and Edmonton. A blend of murder mystery and fantasy, Witchmark is set in an alternate history England and is followed by two sequels, Stormsong and Soulstar. New Westminster, British Columbia, CanadaĬhelsea Louise Polk (born 1969) is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction, best known for the debut novel Witchmark which won the World Fantasy Award in 2019.
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