William Speir is a published author of textbooks on antique artillery and novels in the following Genres: Historical Fiction (King's Ransom, The Saga of Asbjorn Thorleikson, Nicaea-The Rise of the Imperial Church, and Arthur King), Fantasy (The Kingstone of Airmid), Action Adventure (The 7-book Knights of the Saltier Series), and Science Fiction (The Olympium of Bacchus 12).