Fantasy Book Critic: SPFBO 9 Has a Winner - Murder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang

About the Author: Morgan Stang lives in the humid part of Texas. He graduated from the University of Houston with a BBA. By day he works in accounting and by night he sleeps, and sometime in between he writes in a wide variety of fantasy genres, ranging from dark fantasy (The Bartram's Maw series) to gaslamp murder mystery (The Lamplight Murder Mysteries) to cozy fantasy (The Bookshop and the Barbarian). He is a fan of all things nerdy, and lives with an immortal ball python.

Murder at Spindle Manor links: Amazon, Goodreads

If the term doesn't tell you anything, SPFBO stands for Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. It is an annual competition for self-published fantasy authors, created by Mark Lawrence. The goal of SPFBO is to give self-published authors an opportunity to have their work read and reviewed by influential book bloggers and to help readers discover new and exciting voices in fantasy.

The Fantasy Book Critic team has been involved in the initiative since its inception in 2015 and has uncovered some truly amazing reads through it.

After a heated competition, we're thrilled to announce that Morgan Stang has been crowned the ninth SPFBO champion! His genre-blending novel, Murder at Spindle Manor, has received positive feedback from most judges. It was also our favorite book of this SPFBO, so we would like to encourage everyone to try it :)

We had an absolute blast reading and reviewing the books in the contest and can't wait for SPFBO 10 to begin soon! Who knows what fantastic reads we'll discover this year? Stay tuned, fellow book lovers :)