Lene Karnstein is a Danish-American interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis in the authorial and visual arts. Never feeling creatively confined to genre, Lene enjoys suturing stories that employ diverse motifs.  With a deep reverence for swords, sorcery, and the sanguine, Lene is profoundly influenced by Skyrim, Arcane, Lord of the Rings, Carmilla, Van Helsing, and Underworld.

Her current work-in-progress is a gothic retelling of an enchanted classic: suffused with eldritch creatures, arcane elementals, and a prodigious fray threatening to untether the confines of existence. Amalgamating her distinctive maximalist prose and speculative undercurrents with her predilection for complex world-building, her debut novel intertwines within the current fantasy craze and yet seeks to subvert the genre. 

When she is not burdening her characters with prophetic importance, Lene can be found attempting to unearth life’s unseen angles with a camera in hand, imbibing on the whimsy of vellichor, and, most importantly, enjoying time with friends and family.