Nate Slade is a Twin Cities author, philosopher by education, and all around bad guy. He writes extreme tales. They feature wicked crimes, psychological insights, and philosophical queries.

Growing up in a rough place, East STP, he witnessed gang fights, stabbings, drug distributions, and other crimes. However, he also resided in one of Vancouver, BC's richest neighborhoods, West Point Grey, while he earned a graduate degree between the philosophy and cognitive science departments at UBC.

Apart from having plenty of urban experience across socioeconomic levels (between street- and book- smart people), he spent plenty of time hunting and fishing 200 acres of prime north wood real estate, his grandfather’s, which surrounds a private access lake.