A native to Northern California, I moved to Reno, Nevada in 1985. I was a truck driver for 34 years (recently retired, whoop! whoop!), married for 30, and have a 16 year old granddaughter who has me wrapped around her fingers (and knows it).

In 1994, I began writing professionally (pen name J.E. Ellis), from magazine articles to technical brochures to TV pilots. I’ve written several short stories (available soon on my Patreon), a 2006 award-winning fantasy book, "The Hordes of Rage.” "The Essence of Humanity," a Starfall prequel novel, was released in 2014. I written, produced or have worked on several short and feature films, as well as TV pilots.

I recently returned to TTRPGs where I run games out of the local game store, Nerdvana. And go to as many sci-fi or gaming cons as I can afford.