Antonia Rachel Ward is an author of horror and speculative fiction, based in Cambridgeshire, UK. Her short stories and poetry have been published by Flame Tree Press, the British Science Fiction Association, and Dark Recesses, among others. She is the author of two novellas, Marionette and Attack of the Killer Tumbleweeds, and her first novel, DreamScape, was published in October 2023. Her erotic horror novella, Ondine's Curse, is forthcoming from Hedone Books in late 2024. She is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Ghost Orchid Press.