Steve Williamson is an author based in the Pacific Northwest. He began writing fiction in 2013 with Ohlen’s Arrow, the first novel in a long-form fantasy series called The Taesian Chronicles. His work spans both epic fantasy and grounded, modern-day mystery, but always focuses on character, motive, and the hidden forces that shape our choices. Steve’s latest novel, The Quiet Hand, is a tense, psychological murder mystery set in Portland, Oregon. Three murders in Portland get brushed aside with easy answers, but Detective Rebecca Friedrich feels the truth twisting beneath them. Following the real story pulls her into something colder—and toward the shadows she thought she’d escaped.