A. R. Shaw

A. R. Shaw is an American author of post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction. Her breakout work, The China Pandemic, opens the Surrender the Sun series, which follows survivors of a global pandemic and societal collapse through titles including The Last Infidels, The Bitter Earth, and The Wild West. She has also written the Graham's Resolution and Dawn of Deception series, both continuing her focus on ordinary people navigating engineered disasters, quarantine, and authoritarian fallout. Shaw's fiction is grounded in practical survivalist detail alongside family and moral drama, a combination that has made her a steady presence in the indie dystopian-thriller market. She has published sixteen novels across three series.