Josiah Bancroft

Josiah Bancroft is an American fantasy author whose Books of Babel quartet has been acclaimed as one of the most inventive fantasy series of recent years. He is also a poet and writing teacher. Arm of the Sphinx is the second novel in the Books of Babel series, following retired headmaster Thomas Senlin as he ascends the Tower of Babel — a vast, bizarre structure where each level contains a different world. The series, which began as a self-published passion project, was championed by Mark Lawrence and eventually picked up by Orbit Books. It has been praised for its Kafkaesque imagination, its literary prose, and its unforgettable setting. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers one of modern fantasy's most original creations — a tower of wonders, terrors, and bureaucratic absurdity.